apply_filters( ‘post_playlist’, string $output, array $attr, int $instance )

Filters the playlist output.

Description

Returning a non-empty value from the filter will short-circuit generation of the default playlist output, returning the passed value instead.

Parameters

$outputstring
Playlist output. Default empty.
$attrarray
An array of shortcode attributes.
$instanceint
Unique numeric ID of this playlist shortcode instance.

Source

$output = apply_filters( 'post_playlist', '', $attr, $instance );

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.2.0The $instance parameter was added.
3.9.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    How to display the album art from your audio files in a size other than ‘thumbnail’:

    Sadly we can’t use responsive image sets with the default playlist / media player without completely rewriting the whole stack, which appears to involve jQuery, Backbone, undescore, a couple of mediaelement JS files, inlined JSON, and PHP templating. See /wp-includes⁩/js⁩/mediaelement/ and /wp-includes/media.php and media-template.php.

    The next-best thing we can do is to use a higher-res image for the album artwork thumbnail. The JS files will read from the inlined JSON data, and by default will use the specified “thumb” property. That’s all we’re updating with the code below.

    1. Add a custom attribute to your playlist shortcode to signify which registered image size you’d like to use. We’ll use a cover_size="medium" attribute.

    [playlist ids="121,82,84,43" cover_size="medium"]

    2. Write your custom output using the post_playlist filter inside your functions.php file or elsewhere in your theme includes. Here I’ve removed any video playlist logic, see /wp-includes/media.php for the original.

    /**
     * Passing a non-empty value to the filter will short-circuit the default output.
     *
     * @param string $output   Playlist output. Default empty.
     * @param array  $attr     An array of shortcode attributes.
     * @param int    $instance Unique numeric ID of this playlist shortcode instance.
     */
    function wpdocs_mytheme_custom_playlist( $output, $attr, $instance ) {
    
    	if ( 'false' == $attr['images'] || 'video' == $attr['type'] ) {
    		return;
    	}
    
    	$cover_size = $attr['cover_size'] || 'thumbnail';
    	$post = get_post();
    
    	if ( ! empty( $attr['ids'] ) ) {
    		if ( empty( $attr['orderby'] ) ) {
    			$attr['orderby'] = 'post__in';
    		}
    		$attr['include'] = $attr['ids'];
    	}
    
    	$atts = shortcode_atts(
    		array(
    			'type'         => 'audio',
    			'order'        => 'ASC',
    			'orderby'      => 'menu_order ID',
    			'id'           => $post ? $post->ID : 0,
    			'include'      => '',
    			'exclude'      => '',
    			'style'        => 'light',
    			'tracklist'    => true,
    			'tracknumbers' => true,
    			'images'       => true,
    			'artists'      => true,
    		),
    		$attr,
    		'playlist'
    	);
    
    	$id = intval( $atts['id'] );
    
    	$args = array(
    		'post_status'    => 'inherit',
    		'post_type'      => 'attachment',
    		'post_mime_type' => $atts['type'],
    		'order'          => $atts['order'],
    		'orderby'        => $atts['orderby'],
    	);
    
    	if ( ! empty( $atts['include'] ) ) {
    		$args['include'] = $atts['include'];
    		$_attachments    = get_posts( $args );
    
    		$attachments = array();
    		foreach ( $_attachments as $key => $val ) {
    			$attachments[ $val->ID ] = $_attachments[ $key ];
    		}
    	} elseif ( ! empty( $atts['exclude'] ) ) {
    		$args['post_parent'] = $id;
    		$args['exclude']     = $atts['exclude'];
    		$attachments         = get_children( $args );
    	} else {
    		$args['post_parent'] = $id;
    		$attachments         = get_children( $args );
    	}
    
    	if ( empty( $attachments ) ) {
    		return '';
    	}
    
    	if ( is_feed() ) {
    		$output = "n";
    		foreach ( $attachments as $att_id => $attachment ) {
    			$output .= wp_get_attachment_link( $att_id ) . "n";
    		}
    		return $output;
    	}
    
    	$data = array(
    		'type'         => $atts['type'],
    		'tracklist'    => wp_validate_boolean( $atts['tracklist'] ),
    		'tracknumbers' => wp_validate_boolean( $atts['tracknumbers'] ),
    		'images'       => wp_validate_boolean( $atts['images'] ),
    		'artists'      => wp_validate_boolean( $atts['artists'] ),
    	);
    
    	$tracks = array();
    	foreach ( $attachments as $attachment ) {
    		$url   = wp_get_attachment_url( $attachment->ID );
    		$ftype = wp_check_filetype( $url, wp_get_mime_types() );
    		$track = array(
    			'src'         => $url,
    			'type'        => $ftype['type'],
    			'title'       => $attachment->post_title,
    			'caption'     => $attachment->post_excerpt,
    			'description' => $attachment->post_content,
    		);
    
    		$track['meta'] = array();
    		$meta          = wp_get_attachment_metadata( $attachment->ID );
    		if ( ! empty( $meta ) ) {
    			foreach ( wp_get_attachment_id3_keys( $attachment ) as $key => $label ) {
    				if ( ! empty( $meta[ $key ] ) ) {
    					$track['meta'][ $key ] = $meta[ $key ];
    				}
    			}
    		}
    
    		if ( $atts['images'] ) {
    			$thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id( $attachment->ID );
    			if ( ! empty( $thumb_id ) ) {
    				list( $src, $width, $height ) = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $thumb_id, 'full' );
    				$track['image']               = compact( 'src', 'width', 'height' );
    				// use our custom size
    				list( $src, $width, $height ) = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $thumb_id, $cover_size );
    				$track['thumb']               = compact( 'src', 'width', 'height' );
    			} else {
    				$src            = wp_mime_type_icon( $attachment->ID );
    				$width          = 48;
    				$height         = 64;
    				$track['image'] = compact( 'src', 'width', 'height' );
    				$track['thumb'] = compact( 'src', 'width', 'height' );
    			}
    		}
    
    		$tracks[] = $track;
    	}
    	$data['tracks'] = $tracks;
    
    	$safe_type  = esc_attr( $atts['type'] );
    	$safe_style = esc_attr( $atts['style'] );
    
    	// begin output
    	ob_start();
    
    	if ( 1 === $instance ) {
    		// Prints and enqueues playlist scripts, styles, and JavaScript templates.
    		do_action( 'wp_playlist_scripts', $atts['type'], $atts['style'] );
    	}
    	?>
    	<div class="wp-playlist wp-<?php echo $safe_type; ?>-playlist wp-playlist-<?php echo $safe_style; ?>">
    		<?php if ( 'audio' === $atts['type'] ) : ?>
    		<div class="wp-playlist-current-item"></div>
    		<?php endif ?>
    		<<?php echo $safe_type; ?> controls="controls" preload="none"></<?php echo $safe_type; ?>>
    		<div class="wp-playlist-next"></div>
    		<div class="wp-playlist-prev"></div>
    		<noscript>
    		<ol>
    		<?php
    		foreach ( $attachments as $att_id => $attachment ) {
    			printf( '<li>%s</li>', wp_get_attachment_link( $att_id ) );
    		}
    		?>
    		</ol>
    		</noscript>
    		<script type="application/json" class="wp-playlist-script"><?php echo wp_json_encode( $data ); ?></script>
    	</div>
    	<?php
    	return ob_get_clean();
    }
    add_filter( 'post_playlist', 'mytheme_custom_playlist', 10, 3 );

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