What is WavePlayer?
WavePlayer is a fully customizable, responsive HTML5 audio plugin for WordPress. Its interface is built around the waveform of the audio file that is playing back.
With WavePlayer you are free to host your own tracks, breaking the limitations imposed by most of the free music cloud services available on the market, but without renouncing to a cool, modern player that you can customize to best match the look of your website.
Here is a list of the main features:
- ideal for your Music and Podcast websites
- responsive interface, with a modern looking style
- HTML5 support
- full integration with the Media Manager and visual creation of playlists
- full integration with WooCommerce, including batch creation of products from tracks and albums
- peak files for an instantaneous access to the audio waveforms
What is new in WavePlayer 2.3.0
Working with the peak files has never been that easy. You now have the possibility to generate them with a batch process in the Maintenance page of the Settings.
Font Awesome 5 brings their famous icons to a new level of design quality.
The new Loading Mode option allows you to select what is the best loading strategy for your website: in addition to the default mode, where instances of the player get loaded all at once, you now have the possibility to load the instances one by one.
The placeholders used in the info bar and the playlists have been restructured in a way that will expand the possibilities of customization. We also added two new factory placeholders, product_id and product_url that you can use in the player to point to your product pages. Moreover, you can now inject your custom track information (using a WordPress filter) and use them in the interface the way you like.
Changelog
2.3.1
* BUGFIX: The download button increments the counter on click without downloading any file
* NEW: It is now possible to use WavePlayer in external sites using an embed HTML element (requires an embed-attachment.php template added to your Theme)
2.3.0
* NEW: The icons are now using Font Awesome 5.0
* NEW: A more streamlined HTML markup that makes it easier to customize the player using your favorite style
* NEW: How all the instances on a page load is now selectable in the Player Options settings
* NEW: In the Maintenance page of the Settings, you can now generate the peak files for all the audio attachments in the Media library.
* NEW: If WooCommerce is active and a track is associated with a product, two new placeholders are available in the Infobar and Playlist row templates: product_id and product_url
* NEW: The info available for each track can now be filtered to make any custom information available in the frontend.
* NEW: The thumbnail images use img elements with srcset and sizes attributes, allowing the browser to always select the best image resolution
* NEW: When using the "Add to cart" button, the icon now changes to a spinnner until the completion of the operation
* NEW: The cart button now reacts to the AJAX mini cart, so that when an item is removed from the cart using AJAX, the cart button reflects that change immediately (requires WooCommerce 3.5.0)
* NEW: You can now add your own information to each track using the filter hook
* FIX: In the post editor, it is now possible to edit the and shortcodes, with a visual rendition of WavePlayer, if the overriding option is active
* FIX: The title attributes of the icon appearing in the Info bar or the playlist are now passed through the localization variable and, as such, they are fully translatable
* BUGFIX: WavePlayer hangs loading the instances when WordPress is installed in a subfolder of the root
2.2.2
* NEW: JS and CSS files are now minified. Moreover, the front-end comes with a single script.
* BUGFIX: The Custom CSS and Custom JS are not incorporated into the page
2.2.1
* NEW: When a new audio file is loaded for the first time, a message displays the progress of the audio analysis before rendering the waveform
* BUGFIX: In the Waveform tab of the Settings, the waveform preview is blank
* BUGFIX: In the post editor, sporadically the preview of the player does not show up correctly
2.2.0
* NEW: The title attribute of the icons in the info bar and playlist row are now translatable using the .po/.mo files
* FIX: The compatibility with Safari 9 and Safari 10 has been restored for desktops, tablets and smartphones
* FIX: Minor compatibility issues in the Product and Store pages
* BUGFIX: When pausing a track, the next playback always starts from the beginning instead of the current time
* BUGFIX: Spinning pause icon when the player completes a track loading
2.1.4
* BUGFIX: WavePlayer triggers an error while trying to generate waveforms for newly uploaded tracks
2.1.3
* BUGFIX: Social buttons broken with update to version 2.1.0
2.1.2
* BUGFIX: The cart button did not work properly starting from version 2.1.0
2.1.1
* NEW: WavePlayer can now correctly calculate the width of the waveform area even when the player instance is inside an hidden element
* CHANGE: Because of the previous feature, the 'AJAX Containers' option was permanently removed
2.1.0
* NEW: WavePlayer now supports all types of products in WooCommerce
* CHANGE: In order to support all types of product in WooCommerce, the Preview Files are now in the "Advanced", instead of the "General" section
* NEW: The product batch creation tool is now extended to all types of products
* NEW: Completely redesigned audio engine: using only one audio element per page, loading times and memory management are more efficient, fast and optimized
* FIX: Minor fixes to the aspect of the player
2.0.15
* NEW: Nearly seamless loop playback when using one track per instance and repeat is active
* BUGFIX: PHP Warning when overriding a playlist shortcode
2.0.14
* NEW: Better integration with WooCommerce new gallery feature
* FIX: Play count now increases when only 10% of a track gets played
* FIX: Default thumbnail did not show up for any product using the new WooCommerce 3.0.0 and above
2.0.12
* NEW: WavePlayer now detects the visibility status of elements to automatically refresh the content of the waveform. This is particularly useful when including WavePlayer instances into dynamically toggable elements.
* BUGFIX: Clicking on a playlist item in scenario with multiple playlists on a single page always starts the first track of the last instance.
2.0.11
* NEW: Placeholders now include 'attributes' in the form %key{"attribute":value}%, for future template developments
* BUGFIX: Player size on WooCommerce Shop page did not correspond to settings
* BUGFIX: Social share links are populated with an incorrect URL
* BUGFIX: Default thumbnail doesn't show in the playlist
* BUGFIX: Under WooCommerce integration panel, a query assumes the posts table name is "wp_posts"
2.0.10
* NEW: Added a "limit" parameter to the shortcode, so you can get only the first n result in combination with the "music_genre" parameter
* FIX: WooCommerce 3.0 deprecated the Download Type option. This made WavePlayer's integration malfunctioning.
* BUGFIX: On iOS devices, playback does not start when clicking on a playlist row
2.0.9
* BUGFIX: Missing info and cover art for remote files.
2.0.8
* NEW: When the playlist is scrollable, jumping to a track makes the corresponding item in the list visible.
2.0.7
* BUGFIX: The option "Jump to the next player" does not stay checked saving the settings.
2.0.6
* BUGFIX: Downloads counter does not get updated
2.0.5
* NEW: WavePlayer now overrides both audio and playlist shortcodes
* BUGFIX: Install fails on WordPress versions older than 4.5
2.0.4
* NEW: WavePlayer now supports auto update from the Plugins page
* BUGFIX: Players on WooCommerce product pages always show in large size
2.0.3
* BUGFIX: Players on WooCommerce product pages always show in large size
2.0.2
* NEW: Added a track sharer for LinkedIn
* BUGFIX: Peak files for new external files don't get generated
2.0.1
* BUGFIX: Player does not load on website where WooCommerce is not installed or active
* BUGFIX: Players don't show the spinning icon when page is loading
* BUGFIX: On WooCommerce Shop Page, the first item never gets listed
* BUGFIX: When batch creating WooCommerce products, progress bar doesn't work properly
2.0.0
* NEW: A new customizable Playlist Panel. The webmaster can configure the info and buttons displayed on each row
* NEW: WooCommerce integration. Preview files and Music Type (singles or albums) for simple, virtual, music, downloadable products.
* NEW: WooCommerce integration. Plenty of options to automatically integrate the player in your music products.
* NEW: WooCommerce integration. The webmaster can now create products based on audio files using a batch process. It is also possible to add a cart button on both the Info Bar and the Playlist Panel that interact with WooCommerce cart through AJAX.
* NEW: Peak files now get generated upon uploading of new audio files.
* NEW: Loading time have been reduced enormously. WavePlayer now loads all the instances on one page with a single AJAX call to the server. This allows all the instances to load simultaneously.
* NEW: New placeholders to insert info and buttons (like, share, cart, statistics) in both the Info Bar and the Playlist Panel
* NEW: Plugin's options don't get removed from the database when removing the plugin. This is particularly useful when updating to a new version of the plugin without losing your favorite settings.
* NEW: Managing peak files from the Maintenance tab of the Settings page is now easier and more advanced.
* NEW: Thumbnails for audio files in the Media Library can now show the title of a track instead of the file.
* NEW: A new method "refresh" that allows you to force the redraw of the waveform and is particularly useful when loading or showing content via javascript
* NEW: Current position and total length of the current track are now shown on the waveform
* FIX: Minor CSS improvements
1.4.2
* BUGFIX: Info Bar broken when inserting the %file% placeholder.
* BUGFIX: Mouse hovering the waveform did not produce the right effect.
1.4.1
* BUGFIX: Playback is not available until all instances in the page completed loading
1.4.0
* NEW: Thanks to a completely rewritten AJAX call strategy, instance loading is now twice as fast as before.
* NEW: In case of multiple instances in one page, the instances load in the order they appear on the page (from top to bottom).
* NEW: It is now possible to choose whether WavePlayer override the audio shortcode or not
* NEW: WavePlayer is now fully compatible with Internet Explorer 11. The compatibility with Internet Explorer 9 and 10 will be improved soon.
* BUGFIX: The audio shortcode did not look correctly in the Post Editor and it was not possible to edit its content
1.3.4
* NEW: When automatically replacing an audio shortcode, WavePlayer now tries to verify if the URL provided actually corresponds to an attachment in the Media Library. If it does, WavePlayer uses the attachment ID instead of its URL
* BUGFIX: Automatic replacement of audio shortcodes does not work if the src attribute is not provided
1.3.3
* BUGFIX: Automatic replacement of audio shortcodes does not work if the src attribute is not provided
1.3.2
* NEW: The Info Bar automatically hides if one of the placeholders used in the template does not get replaced by any data value
* NEW: A spinning icon shows the loading status of the player. This is particularly useful when loading a file for the first time or from a remote location.
* BUGFIX: Getting peaks for remote audio files generates cross domain XHR error
1.3.1
* BUGFIX: Track's title not displaying properly when original audio file does not have the corresponding ID3 tag
1.3.0
* NEW: Introducing a new taxonomy 'Music Genre' for attachments
* NEW: Create a player that will automatically include all audio files pertaining to one or more 'Music Genre'
* NEW: Create an instance simply providing the URL of an external audio file: WavePlayer will retrieve all the info stored in the ID3 tags, including a cover art picture if available, and make a local copy for a faster future access (only the ID3 tags and the cover art will be stored locally, not the audio file).
* FIX: Color Pickers now work also in the Media Manager, not only in the WavePlayer Settings page
* FIX: Minor interface improvements
1.2.2
* BUGFIX: Default settings not applying correctly to the shortcode when editing its properties in the Media Manager
* BUGFIX: 'autoplay' not working properly in combination with 'repeat_all'
* FIX: A recent Chrome update changed some CSS default behaviors that messed up with the aspect of the player controls
* FIX: Minor improvements to the styling of the player controls
1.2.1
* BUGFIX: WavePlayer preview does not show properly in the post editor on some WordPress multisite installations
1.2.0
* NEW: Multisite support. WavePlayer is now fully compatible with any WordPress Multisite installation
* FIX: Graphic improvements in Safari
1.1.2
* NEW: Added a volume control
* NEW: Added a button to toggle the visibility of the title bar
* BUGFIX: "No container found" error in javascript of the admin area
* BUGFIX: the "NEXT" skip button disappears on last track even with repeat_all activated if the playlist only contains two tracks
v1.0.18
* First release
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