Sonaar MP3 Music Player PRO

A professional audio player for music and podcasts in WordPress

Publishing audio in WordPress usually means choosing between overly basic players that lack visual polish, or complex solutions that require touching code to customize every detail. Sonaar MP3 Music Player PRO solves this by offering a player with careful design, advanced controls and a setup built so that creating playlists, uploading tracks and publishing them takes just a few steps, with no technical friction.

The plugin automatically generates a visual soundwave for each track and detects the ID3 tags of MP3 files, filling in data such as title, artist or album cover on its own. This saves the manual work of entering metadata track by track.

What sets Sonaar MP3 Music Player PRO apart

• Animated soundwave: besides being an attractive visual element, it lets listeners see the peaks and valleys of the audio and jump directly to a specific point in the track.
• Animated audio spectrum: includes four animation styles (bars, bricks, shockwave and string) that react in real time to the audio frequency, with customizable colors and dimensions.
• Adaptive colors: automatically adjusts the player's palette based on the album cover or image, with no need to manually set each color.
• Sticky player: keeps a fixed bar at the bottom of the site with volume controls, playlist and shuffle mode, useful for one-page sites or content-heavy sites.
• Filters and search widgets: lets you add dropdown menus by category, artist, mood, instruments, BPM or custom fields created with ACF, WooCommerce or JetEngine, all with instant AJAX reload.
• Dual list layout: combines grid view and list view to organize large music catalogs in a way that's both visual and functional.
• Call-to-action buttons: lets you link each track to downloads, lyrics, show notes or any additional content.
• Analytics reports: shows plays and downloads per track or playlist directly in Google Analytics, filterable by day, week or month.
• Elementor and Gutenberg compatibility: the player's design is adjusted from the visual editor, with no need to write HTML or CSS, including support for dynamic fields.

Common use cases

This player is aimed at musicians, producers and beatmakers who want to showcase catalogs of songs, loops or sample packs with a professional look. It also covers the needs of podcasters and online radio stations, since it supports importing episodes from major podcast distributors and automatic updates via RSS. Studios, record labels and bands managing multiple artists or releases will find the playlist organization and custom filters useful. Combined with WooCommerce, it also makes it possible to run a store selling digital music, beats or memberships directly from the site.

Installation requirements

Sonaar MP3 Music Player PRO is an add-on for Sonaar's free MP3 Audio Player plugin. You must first install the base plugin and then activate this PRO extension to unlock the advanced design, filtering and analytics features described above.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to know how to code to customize the player?
No. The plugin integrates with Elementor and Gutenberg, so colors, fonts and layout can be adjusted from the visual editor without touching any code.

Does it work for podcasts as well as music?
Yes. It includes features specifically for podcasters, such as importing from podcast distributors, full RSS feed support and subscription buttons.

Can I sell my tracks or beats directly from the player?
Yes, it connects with WooCommerce so you can sell music, samples or memberships while keeping full control over the earnings from each sale.

Does the player automatically detect the data in my MP3 files?
Yes. It reads the ID3 tags of each file and automatically fills in data such as title, artist or cover art, in addition to generating the visual soundwave.

Can I filter my catalog by categories or custom fields?
Yes, through filter widgets with dropdown menus that can be based on category, artist, BPM or other fields created with ACF, WooCommerce or JetEngine.