📻 RangerHQ 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
• Updates via WordPress.org (the canonical channel once published)

Installation

1. Download the latest release .zip from git.davidtkeane.com/ranger/rangerhq-radio/releases
2. WP Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
3. Activate
4. 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