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Shortcode – from Feed Url

In addition to the shortcode features in the free plugin, pro plugin also support many other features and styling options. We need to learn a few more shortcode attributes to showcase a fully featured pro podcast player. Instructions to use the podcast player is already explained in the Display Podcast > Shortcode section.

Shortcode Attributes

Here we provide a full list of shortcode attributes supported by the podcast player. Use required attributes to customize your player.

Required attribute

In the free version, you must enter your podcast feed URL to display the podcast player.

Attribute Description Default Value
feed_url Your podcast feed url ”
fetch_method

How to fetch podcast episodes. Options:

  • feed (fetch from feed url)
  • post (fetch from post or post type)
  • link (fetch from audio or video URL)
 ‘feed’

Customize Podcast Content

Podcast player automatically fetch content from your feed URL, however, you can modify some of the content using the following attributes,

Attribute Description Default Value
cover_image_url Your Podcast’s cover image url ”
podcast_menu Any WordPress menu’s name, ID OR slug ”
main_menu_items Number of subscription badges or buttons to be displayed. 0
number Number of podcasts episodes to be displayed at a time 10
excerpt_length Excerpt length (only with default and premium display style) 18

Style Player

Attribute Description Default Value
accent_color Podcast player’s accent color hexcode #65b84f
display_style

Podcast player display style.
Available Options:

  • ” (For default Layout)
  • ‘modern‘ (for Modern Layout)
  • ‘legacy‘ (for Legacy Layout)
  • ‘gv1‘ (for Grid View)
  • ‘gv2‘ (for Material design grid view)
  • ‘lv1‘ (for list view)
  • ‘lv2‘ (for small list view)
  • ‘lv3‘ (for minimalist list view)
  • ‘lv4‘ (for individual list view)
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bgcolor

Background Color hex code (i.e., #262626).

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txtcolor

Make light text color for grid and list view (use txtcolor=”ltext”).

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aspect_ratio

Featured image aspect ratio (only with grid view and list view display style).
Options:

  • land1 (for landscape 4:3)
  • land2 (for landscape 3:2)
  • port1 (for portrait 3:4)
  • port2 (for portrait 2:3)
  • wdscrn (for widescreen 16:9)
  • squr (for square 1:1)
 ‘squr’
crop_method

Featured image crop method (only with grid view and list view display style).

Options: topleftcrop, topcentercrop, centercrop, bottomleftcrop, bottomcentercrop

 ‘centercrop’
grid_columns

Number of grid columns (only with grid view display style)

 3
font_family

Name of google font to be loaded.

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Subscription Badges

Attribute Description Default Value
apple_sub Apple Badge ” (None)
google_sub Google Badge ” (None)
spotify_sub Spotify Badge ” (None)
breaker_sub Breaker Badge ” (None)
castbox_sub CastBox Badge ” (None)
castro_sub Castro Badge ” (None)
iheart_sub iHeart Badge ” (None)
overcast_sub OverCast Badge ” (None)
pocketcasts_sub Pocket Cast Badge ” (None)
podcastaddict_sub Podcast Addict Badge ” (None)
podchaser_sub Podchaser Badge ” (None)
radiopublic_sub Radio Public Badge ” (None)
soundcloud_sub Soundcloud Badge ” (None)
stitcher_sub Stitcher Badge ” (None)
tunein_sub TuneIn Badge ” (None)
youtube_sub YouTube Badge ” (None)
bullhorn_sub Bullhorn Badge ” (None)
podbean_sub Podbean Badge ” (None)
playerfm_sub PlayerFM Badge ” (None)

Show / Hide Player elements

Attribute Description Default Value
header_default Show player header items by default false
list_default Display Episodes list by default on small screen false
hide_header Hide player header items false
hide_title Show / Hide podcast Title in header info section false
hide_cover Show / Hide podcast cover image false
hide_description Show / Hide podcast description false
hide_subscribe Show / Hide podcast subscribe button false
hide_search Show / Hide podcast search field false
hide_author Show / Hide author/podcaster’s name false
hide_content Show / Hide podcast episode’s content false
hide_loadmore Show / Hide podcast load more button false
hide_download Show/ Hide podcast episode download link false
hide_social Show/ Hide podcast episode social sharing links false
hide_featured Hide podcast episode featured image (Value: true OR false) false

Sort & Filter

Attribute Description Default Value
sortby

Sort episodes

Available Options

  • Sort by Date (Latest Episode First) – sort_date_desc
  • Sort by Date (Earliest Episode First) – sort_date_asc
  • Sort by Title (Z to A) – sort_title_desc
  • Sort by Title (A to Z) – sort_title_asc
 sort_date_desc
filterby

Filter by any string in the episode title

 ” (None)
seasons

Comma separated iTunes season numbers from which episodes to be displayed.

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episodes

Comma separated iTunes episode numbers. If you are using seasons, please use season-episode format (i.e, for season 2 episode 6, use 2-6) otherwise just enter episode number.

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categories

Comma separated iTunes categories from which episodes to be displayed.

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Custom Audio Messgaes

Attribute Description Default Value
audio_msg URL of mp3 audio file which is to be played before, after or during podcast episodes. ”
play_freq After how many episodes the audio should be replayed. 0
msg_start

When to start playing the audio message. Possible values are:

  • start (Play at the beginning of the episode.)
  • end (Play at the end of the episode.)
  • custom (Play at any given custom time. Check below mentioned ‘msg_time’ option below)
 ‘start’
msg_time

Required only if above msg_start is set as ‘custom’. Enter time at which the audio should be played in hh:mm:ss format.

 ’00:00:00′
msg_text

Message text to be displayed while playing audio.

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