Simple Discography
Simple Discography is a easy to use plugin that will allow you to manage the music tracks for an album or albums.
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Simple Discography shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (70+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.2 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Simple Discography stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| album | >100 |
| artist | >100 |
| discography | #11 |
| music | >100 |
| music manage | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4 from 3 reviews
About Simple Discography
From the official readme · v1.3.1Description
Simple Discography is a very easy to use plugin that will allow you to manage the music tracks for an album or albums.
For each album, you will be able to provide the following data:
- Titus Album
- Album Description
- Date of Publication
- Cover art
- Song titles
- Song duration
Shortcode
-
sidi-discography :
[sidi-discography posts_per_page=-1 date_format=”y” order_by=”release” order=”DESC” dynamic=1 show_song=1 show_title=1 display=”list” cover_width=150 cover_height=150 id=”” filter=”” show_all=0 ]
- parameter :
- posts_per_page : default : -1 (all) value : -1, 1, 2, 3, 4,…
- date_format : default : “y” value : date format of date function of PHP
- order_by : default : “release” value : “rand”, “title”, “date”, “modified”, “release”
- order : default : “DESC” value : “DESC”, “ASC”
- dynamic : default : 1 value : 0, 1 : show directly the discs and Songs. the user can not discs!
- show_song : default : 1 value : 0, 1 : don’t show the Discs and the songs
- Display : default : list value : list, thumbnail
- show_title : default : 1 value : 0, 1
- cover_width : default : 150 value : 1, 2, 3, 4,…
- cover_height : default : 150 value : 1, 2, 3, 4,…
- id : default : “” value : string : if you use more than one sidi-discography on a page
- filter : default : “” value : “2” ou “3,6” : Displays only the albums that are in the mentioned categories
- show_all : default : 0 value : 0, 1 : Displays a link to the discography page if all the albums of the selection are not displayed
Main Features
- Easy to add new album
- Shortcode for view album list
- Widget with Album list
- Scalable cover on widget and shortcode
- Easy to organize tacks (Drag&Drop)
- Integrate responsive design for web and mobile
- Easy integration into the default WordPress themes and Genesis
- Integrate Genesis SEO
- Translate in French
Todo
- Admin Section
- create a thumbnail of 150×150 px for de Cover
- Add management business link to Amazon, iTunes, Spotify …
- attache file resume track
- import and export of discography
- Add placeHolder on input box
- shortcode
- add new single album shortcode
- add “Simple list” for display type
Installation
- Upload
simple-discographyto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Use the shortcode [sidi-discography] on your discography page for print your Album
Changelog
1.3.1
- Fix display “show_all” option on shortcode and widget
1.3
- Add category and tag
- Add filter category on widget and shortcode
- Add option show_all on widget and shortcode
- set standart format of album descrition
- fix small bug
1.2.4
- Fix the order_by for the value “release” with the help of John Leblanc
1.2.3
- Fix save release date during create a new album
1.2.2
- Fix compatibility with auther plugin
- Used wp_get_attachment_image for the cover
1.2.1
- Correction Widget_Form
Screenshots
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FAQ
Simple Discography: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Simple Discography free?
Yes. Simple Discography is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Simple Discography safe to use in 2026?
Simple Discography shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Simple Discography?
Simple Discography is active on 70+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,044 times since it launched in August 2014. It was downloaded 87 times in the last 30 days.
Does Simple Discography work with WordPress 7.1?
Simple Discography is officially tested up to WordPress 4.2.39, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Simple Discography last updated?
The latest version, 1.3.1, was released on May 30, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Simple Discography?
Simple Discography is developed and maintained by lermit4.
What are the best alternatives to Simple Discography?
The most popular alternatives to Simple Discography are rtMedia for WordPress, Budd… (7K+ installs), Audio Album (4K+ installs) and WoowGallery (1K+ installs).
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