WordPress Tutorial: Steps to Add MP3 Audio Files to Your Website

Audio files are often used on blogs. Common audio formats include MP3, M4A, OGG and WAV.

1 Adding Audio Blocks

To add audio to your post, simply click the plus (+) icon in the top left corner of the editor. Once clicked, a menu will appear to select different blocks of content.

2 Select "Audio"

Scroll down the block browser and click on the title "Public Block"and then select "Audio."The

3 Adding Your Audio

You can add audio in three ways:

1. Uploading Audio Files: Upload directly from your computer. Clicking on "Upload" will bring up a file selection window that will allow you to find and select the audio files on your computer.
2. Selecting Audio from the Media Library: If you've uploaded audio to WordPress before, you can select it directly from the Media Library. Click on "Media Library" to see all the media files you have on your site.
3. Insert via URL: If the audio file is already online, e.g. on another website, click "Insert from URL" and enter the URL of the audio file.

4 Alignment Audio Player

After adding an audio file, a player will appear. Click on this player and you will see a toolbar. This toolbar will help you decide where to place the audio in the article.

If you choose "Left Align" or "Right Align", the audio player will be placed on the left or right side of the page and the text will surround it.

Selecting Wide Width will make the audio player width match the width of the content.

Selecting "Full Width" will make the audio player take up the entire width of the site.

5 Adding subtitles to audio

If you want to add subtitles to an audio file, just click "Write subtitles".text and just start typing.

6 Audio Settings

Also, when you click on an audio file, a settings menu appears on the right.

Here you can find different options, such as turning on "autoplay" so that the audio starts playing automatically as soon as the visitor opens the page.

You can also set the audio to loop so that the audio will keep repeating over and over.