Welcome to WPBeginner and thank you for watching.
In today's video I'll show you how to
add audio files and create playlists in WordPress.
By default, WordPress handles audio files and playlists really well, but most people don't know that.
WordPress supports mp3, ogg, and wav file
formats. WordPress uses html5 audio tag to
embed them and works really well on mobile
devices.
If you want to add a single audio file then you can create a new post, click on add media, upload
the audio file you where you want to add it, and then click insert.
since I'm using the visual editor, I can see
the file embedded here. And If I click on the
text editor, I'll see the audio shortcode.
Now I'm going to publish this post and see what it
looks like on my site.
To add a playlist it's similar to the image
gallery in WordPress.
You can add multiple audio files to your media library,
and when you have more than one, you'll see
a link to create audio playlists, from here,
you can choose which files to add to that playlist
and over here you can fill out the information
for the files.
You can also drag and drop them to reorder
them. When you're finished arranging
how you want them, just click insert audio playlist.
I'm going to update the post and see it on my site.
Now let's take a look at the media library and
some of the information. By default WordPress
will bring in all the meta associated with
the audio file, but you can click edit and
work on that info here. WordPress also brings in
the image if there is one and uses it for
the album cover.
If there isn't one associated with it, or if you want to change it, you can
click edit more details and change all this
meta information including the photo here.
And now you see how you can add audio files and create playlists in WordPress.
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