Audio Editor & Recorder vs Monoblog

Record, edit and publish audio directly from your WordPress site. No external tools, no complex software — everything happens inside WordPress. 🎯 Use cases Audio Editor & Recorder is designed for real-world use cases across many industries: Teachers can collect oral assignments, language exercises or student recordings directly on their website Musicians can quickly record ideas, demos or share audio sketches Podcasters and journalists can capture interviews or voice notes without external tools Customer support teams can collect voice messages instead of written forms Content creators can enrich their posts with audio content, stories or narration Whether you need a simple voice recorder or a lightweight audio editor, this plugin helps you centralize everything inside WordPress. 🎙️ Record or upload audio Record audio directly from the browser (microphone) Upload existing audio files (voice, music, podcasts, sounds) Works on desktop and mobile ✂️ Edit audio visually Waveform-based editor Cut, copy, paste, crop, delete Select and modify specific parts of your audio Add multiple audio segments 📦 Save & manage audio in WordPress Save recordings as a custom “Audio” post type Automatically available in your Media Library Reuse your audio anywhere on your site 🔗 Display & use audio anywhere Insert audio into your content Display all audios with shortcode: [audio-editor-list] Personal user audio list: [audio-my-list] (page: /my-audios/) Frontend editor for users: [audio-editor] ⚡ Flexible shortcodes Compact version: [audio-editor mini=”true”] Customize button labels Show or hide specific controls via attributes ⚙️ Easy configuration Find all settings under: Settings → Audio Editor ⏱️ Free version limitations Maximum recording duration: 5 minutes Maximum total audio length: 5 minutes Try the live demo of the audio editor directly from your browser. Free vs Pro The free (Lite) version is a complete recorder and single-track waveform editor. Audio Editor Pro turns it into a full multi-track audio studio — a mini audio workstation inside WordPress — built for storytelling, podcasts and sound design. Free (Lite) version Record from the microphone and upload audio files Single-track waveform editor: cut, copy, paste, crop, delete Gain +/- and Undo / Redo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y) Frontend editor with [audio-editor] and a compact mini recorder Save as a WordPress “Audio” post and reuse it anywhere Up to 5 minutes per recording Pro version — the multi-track montage studio Multi-track mixing: up to 4 tracks with per-track volume, mute, solo and automatic mixdown Cursor-precise montage: drop an uploaded file, a Sound Library pad or a new recording exactly where the cursor is, in the active track — place a jingle, a sound effect or a narration line at the right instant Sound Library: one-click jingle and music-bed pads prepared in the settings (radio-style mixing) Audio effects: fade in/out, normalize, silence Live waveform while recording, with REC indicator and timer Unlimited recording, plus reliable export of long audio (15–30+ minutes) to a clean MP3 Download audio as MP3 for your users Guest (logged-out) submissions and re-editing of existing audio ([user-audio-edit]) 7 design templates + full color customization (20+ shortcode attributes) 🚀 Upgrade to Pro Build audiobooks and tales with narration, sound effects and music beds, produce podcasts with intro jingles, or layer voice-overs — everything in the browser, then mix and export in one click. Turn the editor into a multi-track studio with Audio Editor Pro. 💬 Feedback More info on our website Please don’t hesitate to leave us suggestions for future release. Have an idea or suggestion? We’d love to hear from you to improve future versions.

Combines the awesome functionality of MediaElement.js HTML5 media player and Plupload to enable you or the authors of your site to upload mp3s of people reading the text of your blogs. If you so choose, this plugin can also generate an audio podcast of your Monoblog content. Check out OwnTheNarrative.com for more information and examples. Setup After activating, while still in the admin panel, go to Appearance->Widgets. Then click and drag the Monoblog widget to whatever sidebar/area you want. NOTE: The sidebar/widget area must be visible in your posts in order for this to work. Uploading Record yourself reading your blog post and save it as an mp3. (Use Audacity or a similar program) Navigate to your blog post in your browser If you have at least author rights, you should see “Select Monoblog File”. Give that a click. Select your mp3 file. Click Upload