Can I embed or upload 3 less-than-one-minute audio clips on the free Pilcrow?

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  kerensage · Member · Jul 1, 2015 at 6:54 pm

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  How can I embed or upload 3 less-than-one-minute audio clips on the free Pilcrow theme?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 1, 2015 at 7:11 pm

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  See the Audio support page.
  You can embed audio on a free site and theme using audio shortcode. Uploading video to a site requires either the Premium or the Business plan.

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  kerensage · Member · Jul 2, 2015 at 3:01 am

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  Is there a way to embed or upload 3 less-than-one-minute audio clips on the free Pilcrow theme?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 2, 2015 at 5:39 pm

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  Embed, yes. Upload, no, as I said above.

  The basic audio shortcodes supported by WordPress.com are given in the Shortcodes support page. The Audio support page gives instructions for both uploading videos and embedding videos using WordPress.com audio shortcode. Uploading requires the Premium or Business plan. Embedding does not.

  The theme doesn’t matter, as long it can be found in the WordPress.com Theme Showcase. I don’t know if there’s a limit on the length of an audio file for a player using WP audio shortcode, but I’ve got one that’s almost two hours long in one page. Having multiple audio players on one post or page is no problem. I’ve got nine on this page.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 2, 2015 at 5:44 pm

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  Correction to the last post:
  You can upload audio to a site with a free theme activated, as long as you have the Premium or Business plan on the account.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 2, 2015 at 5:45 pm

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  Premium or Business plan on the site.

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  kerensage · Member · Jul 2, 2015 at 10:50 pm

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  Musicdoc1 ~ your Songbook site is awesome!! ….and that’s exactly what I want in terms of embedded players! Now…I understand that to upload audio I need to have a premium site, which I don’t want. Also, my free site seems to allow me to embed from YouTube, but I’d I’d like to have just the player, rather than the whole YouTube window. My question is, where are your audio clips hosted?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm

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  @ kerensage,

  Thanks.

  The audio files are harvested at various places, most commonly at the Internet Archives (archives.org). But I use WordPress.com audio shortcode for the players. See the “Embed Audio” section of the Audio support page for instructions.

  SoundCloud is another option I’ve used frequently. SoundCloud has its own players, which are supported by WordPress.com.