Cue by AudioTheme.com

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Anthony

   4.5y ago

   I’ve been using Cue for 3 years now. It’s a solid plug-in backed by solid developers. Makes for easy playlist management without getting in the way. It’s worth getting the paid version to support their work in my opinion. It seems they follow coding standards a bit more closely than a lot of other plug-ins I’ve used or tested. Thank you, AudioTheme team. Please keep up the excellent quality work. (Side note: I liked Cue so much I ended up checking out their themes as well. Not only do they all have unique features, they’re also lightweight on both the front end AND back end. Under 1 MB page size and under 2 seconds load time, when measured with browser dev tools.) This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Anthony.

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2. ★★★★★ texjer

   5.0y ago

   This is the best plugin for mp3 playlists, good job guys and thank you.

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3. ★★★★★ moruku

   7.2y ago

   This plugin is the best audio playlist manager that I have come across or used, definitely. It makes creating and displaying MP3 playlists easy, smooth and beautiful. However, it has not been updated in quite sometime, and although it works on WP 5.2, it causes a weird glitch. When trying to edit the HTML of a page that has Cue’s shortcodes on it, the WYSSIWIG displays an error and won’t let me edit anything. I have to disable the plugin, make the changes, then reactivate the plugin. Aside from that glitch, it’s a great plugin. But I fear after a year+ of no updates this plugin is being abandoned, and eventually I’ll have to move to something else.

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4. ★★★★★ seamuss

   8.0y ago

   It ruined up the security check for the navigators. Can’t work properly with the SSL.

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5. ★★★★★ fireonline

   8.0y ago

   All I want was to add a single audio file or a playlist and attached the cover art, I found the features in the plugin. I love it, I will be upgrading to the pro version soon.

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6. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   8.3y ago

   I was putting together a collection of audio snippets for a media sales agency site. Cue offered exactly the functionality needed. Credible: does what it says on the tin. Flexible: plays either recorded audio or live streaming. Bonus points for looking quite nice too!

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7. ★★★★★ benht

   8.3y ago

   It added some hidden code in my website that linked my logo to some spam website ad. Don’t download it.

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8. ★★★★★ mengeco

   8.8y ago

   – Thumbnail: I have to create a square image otherwise, it is distorted (anamorphosis) – Thumbnail > Edit: After importing a thumbnail, I can not delete it, I can just replace it – Automatic background: I can not control the frame of this image, – title: it is displayed twice. 1) on the background image 2) below the background image. Why ? One time is enough – Logo audio theme (top right): ok to advertise Audio Theme for the free version but this logo is very big – “Select Audio” button: the text overflows the button. it works but it is not very beautiful So I can not use the plugin for now but I think it can quickly be improved. Thanks

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.4.5 Updated jquery.cue.js to 1.2.6. Added a capability check before returning playlist data in an AJAX call. 2.4.5
2. — Version 2.4.4 Added lodash as a dependency for the playlist block to fix compatibility with the latest release of WordPress. 2.4.4
3. — Version 2.4.3 Prevented warnings and errors in PHP 8+. 2.4.3
4. — Version 2.4.2 Updated block editor integration for compatibility with WordPress 5.8. Disabled the legacy widget when using the new widget editor. 2.4.2
5. — Version 2.4.1 Fixed deprecated jQuery warnings in WordPress 5.6. Updated jquery.cue.js to version 1.2.5. Excluded the playlist CPT from search results. 2.4.1
6. — Version 2.4.0 Added support to insert playlists in the block editor. Prevented a PHP notice when using the playlist widget outside of a sidebar. 2.4.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Cue <= 2.4.4 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31787 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.4.4 Patched in 2.4.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Translated into 44 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 20 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-06-05 7K+ → 6K+ down after 405 days in tier
2. 2024-04-26 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-04-25 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-04-24 8K+ → 7K+ down after 349 days in tier
5. 2023-05-11 9K+ → 8K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Audio Album 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags B
• mb.miniAudioPlayer – an HTML5 audio player for your mp3 files 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
• Audiomack 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
• MP3 VPlayer 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• M MP3 Scraper 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• P Podcast Searcher by Clarify 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D

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Cue by AudioTheme.com: 6K+ active installs, 4.7★ (36 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cue