Title: [Plugin: Audio Player] AVOID this plugin. Read this!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Audio Player] AVOID this plugin. Read this!

 *  [Jared Atchison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaredatch/)
 * (@jaredatch)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-audio-player-avoid-this-plugin-read-this/)
 * **Please do not use this plugin.** There are half a dozen far superiour plugins
   in the .org repository. Any plugin that has HTML5 support is automatically better.
   You can read below for more details, but the bottom line is _just don’t use this_.
 * I’ve had a client who has been running this for awhile now (years) and this plugin
   was installed before I took over the site.
 * When we started development of his new site, I spent some time investigating 
   the plugins to try and see which ones should be replace/removed. Needless to 
   say, this plugin is a no-go.
 * I’m really not sure where to start.
 * – The fact that this plugin has not been updated in 2 years should be a warning
   sign.
 * – This plugin only supports flash with no fallback (hello 2008). So if you care
   at all about visitors on mobile/non-flash devices, this isn’t for you.
 * – Instead of using the WordPress `add_shortcode()` function, for whatever reason
   the author decided to _write his own_ (I guess to support excerpts, but who wants
   an audio player in their excerpt?). In a nut shell, this plugin reads the output
   on **every single post** and excerpt trying to see if the content contains `[
   audio]`. That’s not resource intensive at all! There is a reason you shouldn’t
   do this.
 * – This plugin loads/outputs js/files on nearly every single page, regardless 
   of if you are actually using the audio shortcode or not. So if you are using 
   the shortcode on 10% of your site, the other 90% still loads the audio files.
   This is not acceptable anymore, actually this was never acceptable.
 * I could go on and on, but after going through the code, trust me when I say this
   plugin is doing_it_wrong(). Do yourself a favor and pick a audio plugin that 
   supports HTML5 and is developed by someone who 1) knows WordPress and it’s coding
   standards 2) updates the plugin.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/audio-player/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/audio-player/)

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 *  [lmorrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lmorrell/)
 * (@lmorrell)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-audio-player-avoid-this-plugin-read-this/#post-3091056)
 * Hi,
    Having just battled for over an hour to make this function correctly, I 
   agree with you, jaredatch. Which plugin would you reccomend? I am looking for
   a simple straight-forward plugin to upload short mp3’s of recorded speech, on
   the page alongside text. Any suggestions?
 *  [Jaidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaidesign/)
 * (@jaidesign)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-audio-player-avoid-this-plugin-read-this/#post-3091095)
 * Hi,
    yes stay away from this plugin.. I have to update a clients site with a 
   new one this one does not create the shortcode from the add media window any 
   longer
 * jaredatch, do you have a good plugin to reccomend? I also use short mp3’s of 
   recorded speech, on the page alongside text.
 * $wp = $TheUnivers->get_love($unlimited),
    Jaidev

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