WordPress will play an audio file, but a podcast episode or a music sample usually wants more than a bare player — a title, who it is by, and artwork.
The Audio Player block wraps the file in that presentation, and takes a list of tracks rather than one file at a time.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — the Audio Player block needs Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Block to enable: Audio Player, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
- Your audio files uploaded to the Media Library.
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Steps
- Add the Audio Player block to your page.
- Add a track and choose its audio file.
- Enter the track title and author.
- Choose a style and add artwork if you want it.
- Set the colours and typography, then publish and play it.
How It Behaves
The block renders its own player wrapper with the track’s text alongside the audio control, rather than a bare browser player.
- The track title and author come from the block, not the file. Measured on a published page: the default track rendered its title and author as text within the player.
- The style changes how compact the player is. Measured with the same track: the default style rendered 152 pixels tall and style 2 rendered 110.
- The separator between title and author is yours to set — it defaults to by, so a track reads as “Title by Author”.
- It is a track list, not a single file — add as many tracks as the player should offer.
- Pro only. Measured with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated: the block renders nothing at all.
Limitations
- Pro only — the block disappears entirely without it, so a page built with it will lose that section if Pro is deactivated.
- It plays files you host. It is not a podcast feed reader and not a Spotify or SoundCloud embed — use the Social Embed block for hosted services.
- Audio files are large. Several long tracks on one page is a slow page; link to an episode page instead of stacking them.
- Artwork is per track, so a long list means a lot of images to set.
Troubleshooting
Nothing renders where I added the block
Measured: with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated this block renders nothing at all. Check Pro is active and licensed.
The player shows but will not play
Check the track actually has an audio file selected, and that the file plays from its Media Library URL directly — if it does not, the problem is the file or the host, not the block.
The title and author run together
Set the separator text — it defaults to by and sits between the two.
The player is too tall for my layout
Try another style. Measured with the same track: style 2 rendered 110 pixels against the default style’s 152.
