Jetpack Easy Playlists Update
Got a friendly email from the Growth Engineer & Chief Dog Walker at Automattic Inc. He kindly told me that:
In jetpack_easy_playlists.php you check for function_exists( ‘audio_shortcode’ ) — http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jetpack-easy-playlists/trunk/jetpack_easy_playlists.php#L96
That check broke a few weeks ago when Jetpack was updated to wrap the audio shortcode functionality in a class — http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/550656
Ooops! I didn’t realize. Thanks.
So, the makers of Jetpack and the commercial arm of WordPress know about my little plugin and want to keep it working… I wonder, could we see JEP functionality in Jetpack or WP proper sometime soon? It’s sorely needed.
Also makes me wonder if Automattic monitors all plugins that use one of theirs as a dependency. At any rate, neato that they reached out.
ALSO:
Here is a test of new functionality – ability to call up a playlist from another page or post, using the post/page id or the full slug:
[jplaylist pid="173"]
or
[jplaylist pid="software/jetpack-easy-playlists/"]
Note:
[jplaylist] (no mp3s attached to this post.)
Sorry pal, no mp3s found for your playlist.
and
[jplaylist pid="999"] (wack id)
[jplaylist pid="2012/techmology/"] (wack slug)
Sorry pal, no mp3s found for your playlist. Check your page/post id?
Hi, any way this can show an actual list of all the songs uploaded to that particular page and when clicked it play that selected song.
Something similar to this: [Make a playlist by feeding a folder] http://sjward.org/jplayer-for-wordpress
Currently, no. The output is in the default Jetpack player, for which there is not a public API for advancing the playlist queue beyond pressing the forward and back buttons on the player itself. I haven’t looked at the shortcode interpreter in a while though, perhaps I can find something to hook into. So, great idea, and I’ll implement if possible!