Title: Play Audio Once Author: threadi Published: March 2, 2022 Last modified: April 26, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/play-audio-once/assets/icon-128x128.jpg?rev=2687507) # Play Audio Once By [threadi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/threadi/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/play-audio-once.3.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/) ## Description Adds the option to prevent an audio file from being played multiple times. You can set the option for the complete website or restrict the audio files only for specific files added from you in your editor. In the frontend, the option, if activated, is executed on the audio file if the visitor’s browser has JavaScript activated. That an audio file was played is saved in the browser session – not as a cookie. The storage takes place at the moment of playback, which means that it is no longer possible to rewind or fast-forward. The user is not offered an option to reset. ### Supported editors The plugin actually supports following editors: * Block Editor * Multiple plugins, which adds audio widget in Elementor ### GitHub The source-code of this plugin is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/threadi/play-audio-once). ## Installation 1. Upload “play-audio-once” to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress. 3. Choose the newly added option on any audio-block in your project. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3e78f487b817bc4d2e346731d508a3ec0595bd644ca0be7ea1d968a86e929206? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does one thing very well, just as it says on the tin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-one-thing-very-well-just-as-it-says-on-the-tin/)󠁿 [Dan Knauss](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dpknauss/) April 26, 2026 This is a an excellent single-use plugin that enhances the audio player block for a special use case: you want to play all the way through a recording one time only per user session when the block is set to autoplay. Autoplay on every page load is an annoying thing to inflict on people, so the relevant use case probably should be yours if you are using autoplay! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c9154b5b2edbbf818c0c6b1d6e8e6b3f0c9c5f419db335d9f4a952cbd0334e8b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[View Once Only! Excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/view-once-only-excellent/)󠁿 [rolandksmith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rolandksmith/) March 5, 2022 I needed a way to play an mp3 clip for a student who would then answer one or more questions. It was very important that the clip could only be played once to prevent the student from playing the clip over and over again before answering the questions. This plugin does exactly that. It’s incredibly easy to implement and has been “bullet proof”. Thanks and thanks again! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Play Audio Once” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ threadi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/threadi/) “Play Audio Once” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/play-audio-once/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Play Audio Once” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/play-audio-once) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/play-audio-once/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/play-audio-once/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/play-audio-once/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/play-audio-once/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0.3 * Updated dependencies [older changes](https://github.com/threadi/play-audio-once/blob/master/changelog.md) ## Meta * Version **3.0.3** * Last updated **2 weeks ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/), [German (Austria)](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/), and [German (Switzerland)](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/play-audio-once) * Tag * [audio](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/audio/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/play-audio-once/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ threadi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/threadi/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 1 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/play-audio-once/)