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v0.1.0 worked but felt like a third-party React widget bolted on
top of WordPress. v0.2.0 makes the player visually native to the
WP admin: postbox container, standard Play/Pause button with text
label, admin-colour-scheme aware accents, dashboard widget no
longer renders a card inside a card.
CHANGES
- inc/admin-page.php: main page now wraps the player in a
.postbox > .postbox-header (with h2.hndle) > .inside structure.
Custom rounded card / shadow stripped.
- inc/dashboard-widget.php: bare .radio-player content; WP already
wraps dashboard widgets in a postbox, was double-card before.
- inc/about.php: version-history card promotes v0.2.0 to latest,
demotes v0.1.0.
- assets/css/radio.css: rewrite. Strip custom shadows + oversized
typography. Adopt WP body-text defaults. Use
var(--wp-admin-theme-color, #2271b1) for volume-slider accent +
link colours so the plugin picks up whichever admin colour
scheme the user has chosen. About-page cards now use the
postbox-style gray header + 1px border pattern.
- assets/js/radio.js: setPlayIcon() also flips the visible text
label ("Play" ↔ "Pause"), not just the icon class. mirrorSelection()
also updates the [data-radio-genre] element so the genre label
stays in sync across surfaces.
- radio.php: Version: 0.1.0 -> 0.2.0; BUDDY_VERSION constant
bumped likewise.
- CHANGELOG.md: new [0.2.0] entry explaining the visual overhaul.
NET EFFECT
- Same 44 stations, same audio path, same persistence, same
updater, same AJAX endpoint. Pure visual change.
- The plugin now looks like part of WordPress admin instead of a
guest widget.
- Closer to WP.org submission criteria — plugin reviewers look
for native-styled plugins.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Radio — SomaFM player for your WordPress dashboard
A small, focused, free WordPress plugin that drops a SomaFM radio player into your admin dashboard. 44 hand-curated stations across 10 genres — ambient, electronic, lounge, rock, metal, jazz, world, reggae, holiday, and specials.
What it does
- Mini-player on WP Admin → Dashboard (opt-out via Settings)
- Dedicated page at WP Admin → Radio → My Radio
- Plays via HTML5
<audio>— no proxy server, no third-party tracking - Per-user state: each admin remembers their own station + volume
- Self-hosted update checker against the Gitea repo
Installation
- Download the latest release
.zipfrom git.davidtkeane.com/ranger/a-radio/releases - WP Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
- Activate
- Look at WP Admin → Dashboard for the mini-player, or WP Admin → Radio
Requirements
- WordPress 5.0+
- PHP 7.4+
- A modern browser (Chrome 90+, Firefox 88+, Safari 14+, Edge 90+)
Credits
All stations and streams are provided by SomaFM, an independent, listener-supported, commercial-free internet radio network broadcasting from San Francisco since 2000. If you enjoy this plugin, please consider donating to SomaFM directly.
License
GPL v2 or later. See LICENSE (the same GPL v2+ terms as WordPress itself).
Author
David Keane — part of the RangerHQ plugin family. rangersmyth.xyz