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How to Embed SoundCloud in your WordPress Posts by using oEmbed

Last updated on April 22nd, 2013 by Editorial Staff
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How to Embed SoundCloud in your WordPress Posts by using oEmbed

One of our users asked us for an easy way to embed SoundCloud in their WordPress site. WordPress has this cool feature called oEmbed which supports auto-embedding as long as you post the URL in its own line. Currently the WordPress oEmbed library supports popular services like Youtube, Twitter, Vimeo, etc. However, SoundCloud is not supported by WordPress just yet. Well there is nothing to worry because WordPress makes it really easy to add oEmbed providers using wp_oembed_add_provider() function. In this article, we will show you how to add oEmbed support for SoundCloud in WordPress.

Update: You DO NOT have to use this tutorial anymore. WordPress 3.5+ has built-in oEmbed support for SoundCloud.

All you have to do is paste the following code in your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin.

// Add SoundCloud oEmbed
function add_oembed_soundcloud(){
wp_oembed_add_provider( 'http://soundcloud.com/*', 'http://soundcloud.com/oembed' );
}
add_action('init','add_oembed_soundcloud');

That’s it. Simply paste your SoundCloud URL in a separate line and let the auto-embedding (oEmbed) magic do the rest.

There is a fairly popular plugin that you can use as well called SoundCloud is Gold which offers a lot of features. Alternatively because SoundCloud is officially supported by WordPress.com, there is a shortcode available for all WordPress.com users. So you can use the JetPack plugin for self-hosted WordPress and enable shortcode embeds option. Once you do that, you will be able to use the shortcode like this:

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207988″ iframe=”true” /]

Hopefully this will help anyone who is looking for a way to embed SoundCloud in WordPress.

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  1. kaushik says:
    Mar 31, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    Why to take trouble when the soundcloud shortcode plugin is there !

    Reply
  2. Umair Ahmad says:
    Jun 26, 2014 at 9:10 am

    hi, i want to add multiple souncloud(SC) track file in wordpress page post area, i get the following code from SC site,

    [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/68623291″ params=”color=00aabb&auto_play=true&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

    and embed it in post, but it does not show the track, instead displaying the embed code.

    i used the plugin name “SoundCloud Shortcode” on my self hosted site, but failed,

    Moreover, i am not following your instructions. :)

    have a look or attached file, thats the result.

    Reply
  3. followers says:
    Nov 10, 2013 at 6:49 am

    Hey pal, I’m a hip hop producer your article was impressive, it really heleped me. I hope my soundcloud mix will be better after reading this.thank you!

    Reply
  4. bdubb says:
    May 28, 2013 at 1:09 am

    How would you add support for album art to this function?

    Reply
    • Native Imaging says:
      Sep 21, 2013 at 11:14 am

      I was hoping for the same function. It would be nice if the album art can Auto-Populate the Featured Image for WP Posts. Fingers Crossed! :)

      Reply
  5. Georgia Hebert says:
    Jul 6, 2012 at 10:24 am

    I just recently discovered this webblog and I can say current post is very useful for all

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