Spectrum Audio Player WordPress & WooCommerce Plugin

✅ Product Description

Ship a beautiful, waveform-driven audio experience across your site and store. Spectrum – Audio Player WordPress & WooCommerce Plugin adds responsive players for single tracks, playlists, albums, podcasts, and previews, with chapters, bookmarks, playback speed, skip intro/outro, sleep timer, and a sticky mini-player that follows users as they browse. Tie tracks to WooCommerce products to sell downloads or streams, show time-limited previews, and unlock full audio after purchase.

This edition is ops-friendly: use on unlimited sites, one-time purchase, all features included, and updates synchronized with the original release—perfect for labels, podcasters, course creators, audiobooks, musicians, and media shops.

Use Cases

• Music & labels: albums, singles, pre-release previews, bundles.

• Podcasts & talk: chapters, show notes, transcripts, subscriptions.

• Audiobooks & courses: resume position, speed control, chapter list.

• SFX libraries: searchable playlists with tags and length filters.

• Ecommerce: gated full tracks, sample snippets, license variants.

Playback Features

• Waveform visualizer with hover-scrub & peaks caching

• Playlist/album support with cover art, durations, and next/prev

• Chapters & markers (jump points with titles & links)

• Playback controls: 0.5–2× speed, skip ±15/30s, loop A–B, sleep timer

• Sticky mini-player (site-wide) with queue and resume on new pages

• Bookmarks & resume (per user) + remember volume/speed

• Gapless & crossfade options where supported

• Keyboard shortcuts and picture-in-picture style float (optional)

WooCommerce Integration

• Sell audio: map files/streams to products (single, album, bundle).

• Previews: auto-generate X-second samples or custom snippet ranges.

• Licensing variants (personal/commercial/broadcast) with price tiers.

• Post-purchase unlock for full tracks/chapters; drip by date if needed.

• Downloads with expiring links and per-order watermarks (filename/meta).

• Analytics hooks to record play/complete events per SKU.

Creator & Editor Comfort

• Blocks & shortcodes: single player, playlist, album grid, sticky bar.

• Drag-drop playlist builder, reorder tracks, bulk import from Media Library.

• Meta fields: ISRC/UPC, BPM, key, contributor credits, explicit flag.

• Design controls: colors, radius, shadows, compact/expanded, dark/light/auto.

• Lyrics/Transcript panel with time-synced highlights (optional).

• CTA buttons: buy, subscribe, follow, share, download.

Performance, Accessibility & Privacy

• Lazy-load audio & waveforms; precompute peaks for instant renders.

• HLS/DASH ready for long audio; fallback to MP3/OGG.

• DRM-aware streaming (when using a compatible CDN/host).

• Accessible UI (roles, ARIA, focus states, high-contrast, screen-reader labels).

• SEO: schema for MusicRecording/PodcastEpisode where relevant.

✅ Key Features

• Unlimited-site usage with all features included

• Updates synchronized with the original release

• Waveform player + sticky mini-player & queue

• Playlists/albums, chapters/markers, lyrics/transcripts

• Speed, skip, loop A–B, sleep timer, crossfade

• WooCommerce previews, post-purchase unlock, licenses, downloads

• Bookmarks/resume, user preferences, and keyboard shortcuts

• Blocks & shortcodes; album grids & podcast layouts

• Analytics hooks for plays, completes, and CTR

• Translation & RTL ready; cache/CDN friendly

What’s Included

• Plugin files ready to install

• Gutenberg blocks & shortcodes (single, playlist, album, sticky player)

• Playlist builder, preview generator, and design presets

• Safe-update notes and a configuration checklist

Quick Start (10 Minutes)

1. Install & activate Spectrum (and WooCommerce if selling).

2. Upload audio to Media Library (or add HLS/DASH URLs).

3. Create a Playlist/Album, drag-drop tracks, add cover & chapters.

4. Drop the Player/Playlist block on a page; enable sticky mini-player.

5. (Woo) Map products → tracks; set preview length and license variants.

6. Style the player (colors, compact/expanded, dark/light).

7. Publish and test: play, seek, chapter jump, add to cart, unlock after purchase.

Page Blueprints (Copy-Ready)

Album Page
Hero cover → waveform playlist → credits/lyrics → buy buttons → related albums.

Podcast Episode
Title → player with chapters → show notes & transcript → subscribe/follow.

Shop Product (Audio)
Gallery → player (preview/full if purchased) → license selector → add to cart → FAQs.

Sticky Player
Persistent bar across site with now playing, queue, and resume.

Ops & Growth Playbook

• Precompute waveform peaks for fast first paint.

• Offer 30–60s previews and a bundle discount on album pages.

• Use chapters for long episodes/audiobooks; highlight key segments.

• Capture play events to rank tracks and improve merchandising.

• Add follow/subscribe CTAs near the player to build audience.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: Which formats are supported?
MP3/OGG by default; HLS/DASH streams supported for longform/DRM use cases.

Q2: Can I sell audio with previews?
Yes—WooCommerce integration handles previews and full unlock after purchase.

Q3: Does the player keep playing between pages?
Enable the sticky mini-player to persist playback while navigating.

Q4: Time-coded chapters?
Supported—add markers with titles and links; users can jump instantly.

Q5: Accessibility?
Full keyboard control, ARIA labels, focus styles, and transcript panel.

Q6: Builders & themes?
Gutenberg blocks + shortcodes work in Elementor/Divi/Beaver; inherits theme styles.

Q7: How do updates work?
Updates are synchronized with the original release. Test on staging, then deploy.

Plain-English Usage Model

• Install on unlimited domains (staging/production).

• Pay once—no recurring unlocks.

• Feature-complete parity with the original listing.

• Updates in step with upstream improvements and fixes.

Spectrum – Audio Player WordPress & WooCommerce Plugin gives you a premium listening experience that also sells—beautiful waveforms, smart controls, previews, and post-purchase unlocks. Unlimited usage, all features, update sync—ready to play.