Title: zbPlayer
Author: zubaka
Published: January 16, 2013
Last modified: September 30, 2020
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# zbPlayer
By [zubaka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zubaka/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/zbplayer.2.4.2.zip)
* [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/zbplayer/#description)
* [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/zbplayer/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/zbplayer/#installation)
* [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/zbplayer/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zbplayer/)
## Description
zbPlayer is a very easy audio plugin – you can select some options like: include
Download link or no, enable autoplay or no and setup width of player. Other things
will be done by zbPlayer plugun automatically. One nice feature – player support
cyrillic filenames without problem.
### Known Issues
#### Sometime my .m4a fields doesn’t play. Why is it?
Unfortunately, some of .m4a files has nuances and cannot play by player. We can’t
fix that. Use .mp3 files – they works always.
## Screenshots
* [[
* The minimized player.
* [[
* The expanded player.
## Installation
The most basic installation is a simple two step:
1. Upload the `zbplayer` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
That’s it, you’re done.
## FAQ
### Do I need to do anything special in my posts?
No, zbPlayer automatically converts any link to an mp3/m4a/m4b/mp4/wav file into
player. So, if you put in A Link zbPlayer will automatically
add a flash player on page.
### Does player support cyrillic names for mp3 files?
Yes, here no problems with cyrillic filenames.
## Reviews
### [Simple and Functional!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-functional-72/)
[gizbeta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gizbeta/) November 23, 2017
This is an awesome plugin! Just as I was looking for 🙂 Fully recommended for use!
Thank you, Vladimir!
[ Read all 7 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zbplayer/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“zbPlayer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.
Contributors
* [ zubaka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zubaka/)
[Translate “zbPlayer” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/zbplayer)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zbplayer/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/zbplayer/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/zbplayer/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/zbplayer/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 2.4.2
* Preload files metadata to fix Download problem for links with special characters
#### 2.4.1
* Tested on WP version 5.5
* Fixed deprecated syntax for PHP 7.4
#### 2.4.0
* Tested on WP version 5.4
* Removed broken Facebook share functionality
#### 2.3.1
* Remove player options after uninstall
#### 2.3.0
* Added Desktop Native player controls in admin
* Tested up to 4.8.1 WordPress version
#### 2.2.1
* Changes regarding new WordPress Plugin Guidelines
#### 2.2
* Show native player for mobile if flag selected in admin
#### 2.1.13
* Fixed special characters in the link
* Admin design minor fixes
#### 2.1.12
* Fixed new system requirements for wp_enqueue_style() method
#### 2.1.11
* Tested up to WordPress version 4.3.1
* Fixed problem with display symbols like “’”
#### 2.1.10
* For now player understand also default WordPress [audio mp3=”http://xxxxxx”][/
audio] tags.
#### 2.1.8/9
* Fix links/file name problem. Sometime flash player did not understand correctly
file names to play.
#### 2.1.7
* Get rid limit of preg_replace() problems by exact number of expected replaces
#### 2.1.6
* Hide warnings for some hosting servers about disabled method ini_restore()
#### 2.1.5
* Fixed problem with lost audio files from links.
#### 2.1.4
* Fixed problem with empty posts (regex errors).
#### 2.1.1/2/3
* Improved search algorithm for audio files/links.
#### 2.1.0
* If no possibility to use nice Flash player, we will use standard tags instead.
It can be very useful for mobile devices
* Added possibility to hide song name, but leave Download link
#### 2.0.6
* Fixed Facebook share functionality
* Improved admin design
#### 2.0.5
* Added controls to allow payer loops
#### 2.0.4
* Added HTML5 tag ‘download’ for download link to let browser know that this link
should be downloaded(not played)
#### 2.0.3
* Added possibility set custom song title via “data-title” tags. For example Standard title
#### 2.0.2
* Moved control for ID3 tags to gobal menu
#### 2.0.1
* Added possibility to use ID3 tags from files instead link name
* Fixed time counter in player
#### 2.0.0
* Added controls for player colors
* Changed descritpion and known bugs
* Added possibility to play audio format like .wav
#### 1.9.4
* Added possibility to play audio formats like m4a, m4b and mp4
#### 1.9.1/2/3
* Fixed song name views for characters like “-” and “&”
#### 1.9
* Added Facebook share button functionality. Now you can share your mp3 files on
Facebook and listen them on Facebook on your Timeline.
#### 1.8.2
* Added control for player animation to let possibility show full size of player
at once.
#### 1.8.1
* Fixed donation button
#### 1.8
* Added option in admin to show/hide song name above player.
* Added “Multiplayer” option in admin to setup only one player on page with all
mp3’s
* Improved admin design, added Donation button.
#### 1.7.1
* Fix for admin part in debug mode.
#### 1.7
* Added localization for ‘Download’ link
#### 1.6
* Added initial volume control for player.
#### 1.5
* Replaced characters from ‘_’ to ‘ ‘ in song names.
#### 1.4
* Fixed problem with player path if wordpress works not from default directory
* Fixed pathinfo function – now it works with UTF-8 encoded file names too
#### 1.3
* Allow to play files with cyrillic filenames.
#### 1.2
* Increased player width. Now player looks better.
#### 1.1
* Fix constants namings
#### 1.0
* Init version
## Meta
* Version **2.4.2**
* Last updated **6 years ago**
* Active installations **300+**
* WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher **
* Tested up to **5.5.18**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/zbplayer/)
* Tags
* [audio player](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/audio-player/)[flash player](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/flash-player/)
[media player](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media-player/)[mp3](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mp3/)
* [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/zbplayer/advanced/)
## Ratings
5 out of 5 stars.
* [ 7 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zbplayer/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors
* [ zubaka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zubaka/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/zbplayer/)
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