FWD Izubizu Radio & Audio Player

FWD Izubizu Radio & Audio Player is a sleek, fully responsive radio/audio player built for modern WordPress sites. It supports live radio streams (Shoutcast, Icecast, HLS) and standard audio files in one unified player, with customizable presets, shortcode control, WooCommerce integration, and production-ready UX.

The plugin includes:
– Multi source playback (audio, HLS, Shoutcast, Icecast)
– Live station/title/info updates
– Artwork support with fallback cover image
– Real-time visualizer (wave/bars)
– Share window with popular networks
– Playback rate, volume tooltip/scrubber, keyboard support
– Full color and layout customization

Official links (keep as HTML anchors):
– Homepage
– Demos
– Features
– JavaScript Documentation
– WordPress Documentation
– Support

Main Features

• Multi source streaming: self-hosted/external audio, HLS, Shoutcast, Icecast
• Initialize only when visible for better performance on long pages
• Responsive/mobile-ready sizing (max width, max height, phone height)
• Keyboard support (play/pause and volume keys)
• Live info and station branding controls
• Artwork integration with generic cover fallback
• Share window with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pinterest, Reddit, Buffer, Digg, Blogger
• Volume tooltip and scrubber styling
• Wave and bars visualizer presets
• Full player color theming (example: Preset 1)
• Border/shadow/radius UI controls
• Autoplay, loop, default volume and playback rate (autoplay demo: Preset 4)
• CORS proxy-ready setup for strict stream endpoints
• Multi-instance support on the same page

Shortcode

Basic example:

[fwdirap preset_name=”Preset 1″ source=”https://example.com/stream.mp3″ source-type=”audio”]

With optional metadata and artwork:

[fwdirap preset_name=”Preset 1″ source=”https://example.com/live.m3u8″ source-type=”hls” title=”My Radio” info=”Now playing” artwork-src=”https://example.com/cover.jpg”]

Supported shortcode attributes:
– preset_name (required)
– source (required)
– source-type (audio | hls | shoutcast | icecast)
– title (optional)
– info (optional)
– artwork-src (optional)

WooCommerce

Place the shortcode in product content/description to render the player in product pages. The plugin can replace the default product gallery output with the player shortcode rendering.

External Services

This plugin uses the following external services/resources:

1. Apple iTunes Search API

– Used for: retrieving artwork for live radio metadata (artist/song lookup).
– Triggered when: Shoutcast, Icecast, or HLS metadata updates request artwork.
– Data sent: artist and song query text from current metadata.
– Provider: Apple
– Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html
– Privacy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/

1. Google Fonts (Admin UI)

– Used for: loading the Roboto font in plugin admin pages.
– Triggered when: opening Presets Manager or Shortcode Generator in WordPress admin.
– Data sent: browser requests font CSS/files from Google Fonts/CDN (standard request metadata such as IP and user agent handled by Google).
– Provider: Google
– Service URL: https://fonts.googleapis.com/
– Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms
– Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

1. Remote stream hosts (Audio/HLS/Shoutcast/Icecast)

– Used for: streaming playback from the source URL configured in shortcode/preset.
– Triggered when: a player instance starts loading/playing a stream.
– Data sent: browser requests to the configured stream endpoint (for HLS this includes .m3u8 manifests and media segments).
– Provider: defined by the site owner stream URL (for example your radio provider/CDN).
– Notes: HLS playback is powered by bundled hls.js code inside the plugin, but media requests go to the configured stream host.

Documentation

• JavaScript Documentation
• WordPress Documentation

Development

This plugin’s full source code is publicly available for transparency and verification.
Developed and maintained by FutureWebDesign.

• Source code & build tools — includes original uncompiled files and Vite build configuration.
• Distributed plugin uses a compiled build generated by Vite for optimal performance.