You can share audio (like a piece of music, podcast, or other sound files) on your WordPress.com site. This guide will explain several methods to add audio files to your site.
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The most straightforward method is to upload the audio file directly to your website and display an audio player using the Audio block. Here’s an example of how it looks:
To learn how to add an Audio block to any page or post on your site, visit our detailed guide. You can upload many different types of audio to a WordPress site – see the Accepted File Types page for a full list of supported audio file types. You can upload audio files with any paid plan on WordPress.com.
You can publish podcasts on your WordPress.com site and make them available for listeners in Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and through direct feed links for other podcasting apps. For a full guide to hosting a podcast, visit our podcasting guide.
Using the Podcast Player block, you can also embed a podcast episode or feed from another source.
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Embed songs, playlists, podcasts, and more from the popular streaming service Spotify. Here’s an example:
Visit our Embeds Block guide for more.
You can embed audio with the SoundCloud Audio Player. This will produce the following player:
Similar integrations are available for many other audio platforms via embeds and shortcodes.
