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Music Apps: Adding and Setting Up a SoundCloud Player

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Share your favorite music from SoundCloud on your site. This customizable player makes it easier than ever to display tracks, playlists and podcasts. Just paste a URL or embed code from SoundCloud into your player and connect.

A screenshot of a live site with a SoundCloud player.

Step 1 | Add the SoundCloud player

First add the SoundCloud app to your site. Afterwards, you can link to your music and customize the player's settings and design.

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

Dashboard

  1. Go to your editor.

  2. Click Add Elements  on the left side of the editor.

  3. Click Video & Music.

  4. Click SoundCloud Player.

  5. Drag the player onto your page.

A screenshot showing the Add panel with the SoundCloud Player highlighted.

Step 2 | Add the SoundCloud URL or embed code

Next, retrieve the URL or embed code of the track, album or playlist, and add it to the player on your site.

To add a SoundCloud URL or code:

  1. (In your SoundCloud account) Search for the music you want to add.

  2. Click Share.

  3. Click Share or Embed.

A screenshot of the Share and Embed options in SoundCloud.

  1. Copy the URL or code.

  2. (In your editor) Click the SoundCloud player.

  3. Click Settings.

  4. Paste the URL or code.

  5. Click Confirm.

A screenshot of the confirm button in the Settings tab.

Step 3 | Set up your player

Now it's time to choose what your SoundCloud player shows to visitors. You can display how many times the song has been played and any comments left by SoundCloud users.

To adjust the player's settings:

  1. Click the SoundCloud player in your editor.

  2. Click Settings.

  3. Click the relevant toggle to show or hide the play count and comments.

A screenshot of the settings tab with the toggles highlighted.

Step 4 | Design your player

Lastly, customize your SoundCloud player's look to best compliment your site's design.

To customize the player's design:

  1. Click the SoundCloud player in your editor.

  2. Click Settings.

  3. Click Design.

  4. Choose what you want to customize:Choose a layout: Select a layout that works best for you.
    Color: Chose a color for the play button of your SoundCloud player.

A screenshot of the SoundCloud design options.

Troubleshooting SoundCloud player issues

Click an issue below to learn how to solve it:

You see an error message in the editor

You may see the following message on the SoundCloud player in the editor:
A screenshot of an error in the SoundCloud app.
To resolve this, make sure you have turned on the "display embed code" option in your permission settings at Soundcloud.com.

A screenshot of the Display Embed Code option in SoundCloud.

Tip: You can test this by entering your Soundcloud track URL in an incognito window on your browser.

Music isn't playing

If you are embedding HTML code to the SoundCloud Player, make sure that autoplay is unchecked in the embed settings at Soundcloud.com:
A screenshot of the Enable automatic play check box.

Learn more about browsers and autoplay.

Still need help?

If the problem persists, contact us and we will be happy to help. Please include the following information:

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This article is credited to the Wix team - https://support.wix.com/

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