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Terence Eden | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Hey #WordPress friends.
Is there any way to get the default media player to show an MP3's metadata and embedded image?
I'd rather not use (yet-another) plugin if I can help it.
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535d3bfb | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @2fd7551e doubt. Can tell you from mine (in the video context) that I do this manually each time via HTML.

It's cumbersome but it is|was the only way for years to also add subtitles or alternative encodings. Sucks.
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Terence Eden | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well, that was slightly easier than expected!

Going from `[audio mp3="/path/to/file.mp3"]` to a nicer formatted HTML5 audio player.

* Use `wp_audio_shortcode_override`
* Get the audio attribute
* Get the library ID using `attachment_url_to_postid()`
* Get all the audio metadata with `wp_get_attachment_metadata()`
* Get the embedded image (if any) with `get_the_post_thumbnail_url()`
* Spit out some HTML and CSS.

#WordPress

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