Title: Doesn't display player
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Doesn't display player

 *  [nicoleb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicoleb/)
 * (@nicoleb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/)
 * When I use this widget, this is what appears rather than the audio player.
 * [audio:[http://goldeneaglescoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/Coaches-Corner-05-24-11.mp3%5D](http://goldeneaglescoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/Coaches-Corner-05-24-11.mp3%5D)

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 *  Plugin Author [Corey Snow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyclometh/)
 * (@cyclometh)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110382)
 * Please make sure you’ve installed the base audio player plugin. Without it, this
   widget will not work.
 *  Thread Starter [nicoleb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicoleb/)
 * (@nicoleb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110391)
 * I did. I’m using the base player just fine.
 *  Plugin Author [Corey Snow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyclometh/)
 * (@cyclometh)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110418)
 * The text you described with the [audio:] tag is what the plugin is intended to
   do. I’m guessing your theme is interfering by not invoking the proper filters
   or bypassing the hooks that flag the audio player plugin itself to replace the
   tag with the reference to the player.
 * What theme do you use and how are you setting up the widget in that theme?
 *  Thread Starter [nicoleb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicoleb/)
 * (@nicoleb)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110419)
 * I’m using Constructor and simply putting the audio tag in the text widget on 
   the widget screen.
 *  [Riversatile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riversatile/)
 * (@riversatile)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110421)
 * Are you sure you can insert short-tag in a sidebar widget ???
    For me, not. You
   can only insert text/HTML. That’s why it’s not working.
 * Try to create a post, then insert the code (in HTML view) :
    `[audio:http://goldeneaglescoaching.
   com/wp-content/uploads/Coaches-Corner-05-24-11.mp3]` Then save your post and 
   click on ‘preview’, you should see the player is working.
 *  [Riversatile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riversatile/)
 * (@riversatile)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110422)
 * If it’s a dedicated widget (not a text/HTML simple widget), it can change everything.
 *  Plugin Author [Corey Snow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyclometh/)
 * (@cyclometh)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110425)
 * You shouldn’t type the tag into a text widget. After installing the widget and
   the base plugin by Martin Laine, you should have an audioplayer widget on your
   widgets screen you can drag to the sidebar you want.
 * I created this widget to address exactly the thing you describe, namely that 
   you can’t simply type the audio tag into the sidebar text. Using the widget should
   resolve that.
 *  Thread Starter [nicoleb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicoleb/)
 * (@nicoleb)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110426)
 * No, it still doesn’t work. Even after adding it properly using the Audio widget(
   which is probably what I WAS doing but had forgotten).
 *  Plugin Author [Corey Snow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyclometh/)
 * (@cyclometh)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110427)
 * I’ll try to set up a WP instance with Constructor and see if I can reproduce 
   the issue. What other plugins and widgets are you using?

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-display-player/#post-2110427)
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