iRadeo Audio Player
Your listeners shouldn’t have to leave your website to hear you. iRadeo hosts your audio and embeds a player directly on your WordPress page — so every sermon, announcement, radio show, class update, and playlist lives on your site.
Most WordPress audio problems start the same way: a few MP3s get uploaded to the media library, then the site becomes the audio server. Every play costs bandwidth. Playlists are hard to maintain. Old files break. The built-in audio block still only feels like an attachment.
iRadeo is different: WordPress stays your website, and iRadeo becomes the audio layer.
For churches: Publish your full sermon archive, add new messages each week, and keep your congregation on your site instead of third-party platforms that show unrelated ads. Standard and Ultimate plans include AI voice generation for service announcements, event reminders, and ministry updates — type the text, iRadeo reads it aloud. No recording equipment needed.
For schools: Broadcast morning announcements, student radio, and weekly audio recaps directly from your school WordPress site. No audio editing. No media server. One shortcode.
For radio stations and creators: Host your playlist, live stream link, or episode archive in a branded player that matches your site — because it’s embedded inside it.
Why iRadeo beats the built-in WordPress audio block:
The default WordPress audio block plays one local file. Your server hosts it, pays for every download, and shows nothing when the file is moved or deleted. iRadeo hosts the audio externally, serves the embeddable player, tracks play counts, and keeps your entire playlist organized — without making WordPress serve every listen. Upload once. Embed anywhere.
The plugin setup screen also checks how many audio files are already sitting in your WordPress media library, so you can see whether it is time to move those files into a hosted player.
Plans start at $10/month. Free trial — no credit card required.
Works with: Gutenberg, Classic Editor, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Kadence, and any page builder that supports shortcodes.
Quick setup:
1. Create your hosted audio station — free trial, no credit card
2. Copy your station ID from your iRadeo dashboard
3. Open Settings > iRadeo Player and save the station ID
4. Add [iradeo] to any page or post
Good fits:
- Church sermon archives and weekly message pages
- School announcements and student radio pages
- Community radio and DJ playlist pages
- Course libraries and private resource pages
- Sponsor reads, station IDs, and website announcements
Not a good fit if: you only need one tiny MP3 once a year. The built-in WordPress audio block is fine for that. iRadeo is for people who need audio to become a durable part of the website.
Shortcode options:
id— Your iRadeo station ID (optional if saved in Settings)compact— Set totruefor a compact 150px player (default: false)bar— Set totruefor a tiny 96px bar player for sidebars and narrow sections (default: false)height— Custom height in pixels (default: 280)width— Custom width (default: 100%)
Examples:
Standard player: [iradeo]
Church sermon player for a specific station: [iradeo id=”12345″]
Compact player for a post archive: [iradeo compact=”true”]
Tiny bar player for a sidebar widget: [iradeo bar=”true”]
Custom size: [iradeo id=”12345″ height=”200″ width=”80%”]
Also includes:
- A Gutenberg block — search for “iRadeo” in the block inserter
- A setup screen under Settings > iRadeo Player
- A default station ID so any editor can use
[iradeo]without remembering numbers
Popular setup guides:
- WordPress sermon player setup
- Church sermon audio hosting
- School morning announcement player
- AI voice for church announcements
External Services
This plugin connects to iRadeo (https://www.iradeo.com), a third-party audio hosting and streaming service operated by iRadeo.
What it does: When a page containing the iRadeo shortcode or block is loaded, the plugin embeds an iframe that loads the iRadeo audio player from https://www.iradeo.com/station/player/.
What data is sent: The station ID you provide in the shortcode or block is included in the iframe URL. No visitor personal data (IP address, cookies, user account data) is sent by this plugin — any such data handling is governed by iRadeo’s own privacy policy.
When it is sent: Every time a page or post containing the iRadeo player is rendered and viewed in a browser.
Service links:
- Service: https://www.iradeo.com
- Terms of Use: https://www.iradeo.com/terms
- Privacy Policy: https://www.iradeo.com/privacy