The only good FREE audio player plugin I’ve found

I’m using the 100% FREE version of the plugin. It does everything I want it to which is to allow me to embed a custom playlist of local MP3 along with basic metadata and album covers.

What it doesn’t do is provide attractive, customizable styling – the free version is a little 1990’s looking. And the free version provides no widget but there are shortcodes for embedding playlists into pages. And there’s no built-in analytics for plays/completions/etc. Also, the volume controls have some minor accessibility failures as flagged by Google Lighthouse and Axe DevTools.

I would consider upgrading to Pro to gain more styling customization but it’s an annual license as opposed to one-time fee. The only viable competitor in the FREE category is Sonaar which is more modern/polished looking but it has its own issues/challenges without unlocking its Pro version which is slightly more expensive.