Title: wp_audio_embed_handler
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_audio_embed_handler’, callable $handler )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the audio embed handler callback.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$handler`callable

Audio embed handler callback function.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    wp_embed_register_handler( 'audio', '#^https?://.+?\.(' . implode( '|', wp_get_audio_extensions() ) . ')$#i', apply_filters( 'wp_audio_embed_handler', 'wp_embed_handler_audio' ), 9999 );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/embed.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/embed.php#L214)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/embed.php#L214-L214)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_maybe_load_embeds()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_maybe_load_embeds/)`wp-includes/embed.php` |

Determines if default embed handlers should be loaded.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_audio_embed_handler/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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