Really Simple Featured Audio – Sell Music, Samples & Audio Products with WooCommerce
Let customers listen before they buy. Add audio previews to WooCommerce products, posts and pages with a fast, mobile-friendly player.
Solid choice
Really Simple Featured Audio is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 1 day ago, and scores 66/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 1 day ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Really Simple Featured Audio stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| audio player | >100 |
| audio preview | #72 |
| music | >100 |
| Podcast Player | #80 |
| woocommerce audio | #73 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Really Simple Featured Audio
From the official readme · v1.6.1Description
🎧 Let customers listen before they buy. Really Simple Featured Audio adds an audio player to your WooCommerce products, blog posts, pages and custom post types, the same way you add a featured image. It is made for anyone who sells or shares audio: beats, sample packs, music, audiobooks, podcasts and sound effects.
🚀 Take a closer look at Really Simple Featured Audio
WooCommerce has no built-in way to preview audio. Shoppers have to buy a track, a sample pack or an audiobook without hearing it first. Really Simple Featured Audio puts a player right in the product gallery and on your shop pages, so people can hear what they are buying.
🎯 Who it is for
- 🎹 Producers and beat makers selling beats, loops and stems
- 🥁 Sample pack creators showing off drum kits and sound libraries
- 🎸 Musicians selling tracks, instrumentals and backing tracks
- 📚 Audiobook publishers sharing a sample chapter
- 🎙️ Podcasters adding an episode player to posts and pages
- 🔊 Sound designers selling sound effects and audio assets
🛒 Audio previews in WooCommerce
- The player appears in the product gallery, next to your product images
- Show audio on shop, category and tag pages too, or turn it off there
- Play on hover: shoppers hear a preview by hovering over the player in your shop
- Use audio links from External/Affiliate products as their preview
- Works with product gallery plugins such as Codeixer Product Gallery Slider and TP Product Image Flipper
▶️ A player built for audio
- Clean player with title, artist and cover art
- Play and pause, seek bar, skip back and forward, playback speed and volume
- Switches between light and dark to match the visitor’s device
- Optional autoplay, loop, mute and download button
- Touch-friendly controls that fit any screen size
📝 Not just for stores
- Add featured audio to posts, pages and any custom post type
- Choose whether audio shows on your blog home, archives and single posts
- Place audio anywhere with the
[rsfa]and[rsfa_by_postid]shortcodes - Elementor widget, Bricks element, and support for Salient and Astra Pro
🗂️ Manage audio in bulk
- Audio Tools puts every post and product on one screen, where you can set the audio, cover image and featured image without opening each one
- Bulk upload assigns many audio files, audio links or a CSV sheet to posts or products in one go, and checks every row before anything is saved
📊 Simple analytics
- See views and plays for every featured audio over the last 14 days
- Anonymous and stored on your own site: no cookies, no IP addresses, nothing sent elsewhere
- Your own visits as an editor are left out
🎨 Works with your theme
Built-in support for Astra, Divi, Electro, Flatsome, GeneratePress, Go, Hestia, Kadence, Neve, Ollie, Savoy, Storefront, The7, Woodmart, Woostify and the Twenty Twenty to Twenty Twenty-Five themes. Using something else? Most themes work out of the box, and we add support on request.
⚡ Fast by default
The player’s files load only on pages that actually show audio. Players added later by AJAX, infinite scroll or page builders start up on their own.
⭐ Go further with PRO
Really Simple Featured Audio PRO adds:
- 📈 Full analytics: history beyond 14 days, listen time, completion rate, date range and compare, CSV export, plus optional country, device and referrer counts
- 🛍️ WooCommerce gallery control: choose where the audio sits in the gallery and set your own gallery thumbnail
- 🎨 Player appearance: your own accent color, or a player that always stays light or dark
- 🖱️ Play on hover extras: screen sizes, hover delay, larger hover areas such as whole product cards, and accessibility options
- 🧩 More themes: OceanWP, Jupiter X, Avada, Uncode, Divi Builder, Lodestar, Konte and more
- 💬 Priority support from the developer
Installation
- Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress admin, search for “Really Simple Featured Audio”, then install and activate it.
- Open a product, post or page and find the Featured Audio box in the sidebar.
- Upload an audio file or paste an audio link, and optionally add a cover image.
- Update the post. The player now shows where your featured image appears, and in the product gallery for WooCommerce products.
- Adjust where and how audio shows at JetixWP > Featured Audio. To add audio to many posts at once, use JetixWP > Audio Tools.
Frequently asked questions
Will this work with my theme?
Most themes work out of the box. The plugin has built-in support for many popular themes (see the list above), and you can pick a matching theme engine at JetixWP > Featured Audio > General. If your theme still does not show audio correctly, open a thread in the support forum or send a request on GitHub and we will look at adding support.
Which audio formats can I use?
Any audio file your WordPress media library accepts, such as MP3, M4A, OGG and WAV. You can also paste a direct link to an audio file hosted elsewhere.
How do I create a preview instead of sharing the full track?
Upload a short version of the track, for example 30 to 60 seconds, as the featured audio and keep the full file for the purchase. Customers hear the preview; buyers get the full download through WooCommerce as usual.
Does it work on phones and tablets?
Yes. The player adapts to the screen size and has touch-friendly controls.
Why doesn’t autoplay or Play on hover start right away?
Browsers block audio with sound until the visitor has interacted with the page. Autoplay starts on the visitor’s first click, and Play on hover works once they have clicked anywhere on the page.
How do I show audio somewhere else on a page?
Use [rsfa] inside a post to show that post’s featured audio anywhere in its content, or [rsfa_by_postid post_id="281"] to show the featured audio of any post by its ID.
Will this slow down my website?
No. The player’s files only load on pages that show audio, and the plugin works with caching and CDN plugins.
Does the analytics feature track my visitors?
It counts views and plays per audio only. Counts are anonymous, no cookies are set, IP addresses are not stored, and nothing is sent to another service. You can turn it off at JetixWP > Featured Audio > Analytics.
Where can I get help or request a feature?
Open a thread in the support forum here, email support@jetixwp.com, or send a request on GitHub.
Where is the source code of the scripts?
The Audio Tools app and the audio player ship as built files. Their full sources are in the plugin’s public repository at github.com/JetixWP/really-simple-featured-audio under src/tools and src/player. The audio player is based on Shikwasa (MIT), see assets/js/jwp-audio-player-LICENSE.txt.
Changelog
Adds Audio Tools, bulk upload and audio analytics. Analytics stays off on existing sites until you turn it on at JetixWP > Featured Audio > Analytics.
1.6.1
- New: Woodmart theme engine
- Fix: Featured audio did not show in the Woodmart single product gallery; it now shows as the first slide with its own gallery thumbnail
- Fix: Woodmart product loops showed the product image and the audio together; they now show the audio only
1.6.0
- New: Audio Tools page to manage audio, covers and featured images for every post and product
- New: Bulk upload audio files, audio links or a CSV/TXT sheet
- New: Audio analytics with views and plays per audio. Existing sites start with it turned off, turn it on at JetixWP > Featured Audio > Analytics
- New: Cover image for each featured audio, shown in the player
- New: Play on Hover option in Controls
- New: Download button option for self-hosted audios
- New: Elementor widget and Bricks element for featured audio
- New: Salient, Astra Pro, Codeixer Product Gallery Slider and TP Product Image Flipper support
- New: Theme engines for Storefront, Divi, Astra, Go, Kadence, Savoy, Hestia, Flatsome, The7, Electro and Woostify
- New: Use audio links from WooCommerce External/Affiliate products
- New: Help tab and a reworked Upgrade tab in settings
- Improvement: Freemius SDK updated to 2.13.4
- Improvement: Version Control settings tab renamed to Rollbacks
- Improvement: Updated translation file
- Improvement: Auto theme engine now detects child themes and themes with capitalised folder names
- Improvement: Autoplay, loop and mute settings now apply to WooCommerce product audio
- Improvement: Player assets only load on pages that show audio, and players work in AJAX-loaded content
- Improvement: Links with query strings (such as signed URLs) now play correctly
- Improvement: Theme thumbnails of other posts (next/previous, related) now show their own audio
- Fix: Security hardening for saving audio, settings and the theme engine status check
- Fix: Settings page notices are hidden as intended
- Fix: Titles with quotes or ampersands now show correctly in the player
- Removed: Old Settings > Really Simple Featured Audio (Old) menu item; the old URL still redirects
- Removed: Discount request form in the settings sidebar
1.5.1
- Fix: Patch for wp.org svn release
1.5.0
- New: Updated PROMO settings page
- Improvement: Update settings labels
- Improvement: Remove manual languages file loader
- Improvement: Update incorrect translation text domain
- Improvement: Update translation files
- Improvement: Other minor changes
1.4.0
- New: Re-written Rollback feature
- Fix: Early translation calls throwing warnings
- Improvement: Removed old plugin settings menu for good
- Improvement: Hide all notices and other things at plugin settings page
- Improvement: Theme compatibility engine status auto-refresh at settings
- Improvement: Rename option labels for better discovery at settings
- Improvement: Updated promo form at settings sidebar
- Improvement: Removed Get Pro tab from settings
- Improvement: Remove dormant/unused code
- Improvement: Update translation files
- Improvement: Other minor changes
1.3.1
- New: Brand update
- Improvement: Other minor improvements
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FAQ
Really Simple Featured Audio: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 16, 2026
Is Really Simple Featured Audio free?
Yes. Really Simple Featured Audio is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Really Simple Featured Audio safe to use in 2026?
Really Simple Featured Audio is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 1 day ago, and scores 66/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Really Simple Featured Audio?
Really Simple Featured Audio is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,577 times since it launched in August 2024. It was downloaded 193 times in the last 30 days.
Does Really Simple Featured Audio work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Really Simple Featured Audio up to WordPress 7.1.3, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.0 or newer.
What PHP version does Really Simple Featured Audio need?
Really Simple Featured Audio requires PHP 8.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Really Simple Featured Audio last updated?
The latest version, 1.6.1, was released on October 15, 2026 (1 day ago).
Who makes Really Simple Featured Audio?
Really Simple Featured Audio is developed and maintained by JetixWP Plugins.
What are the best alternatives to Really Simple Featured Audio?
The most popular alternatives to Really Simple Featured Audio are MP3 Audio Player (20K+ installs), Compact WP Audio Player (20K+ installs) and AudioIgniter Music Player (10K+ installs).
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