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First release of a-radio — a free, focused SomaFM player for the
WordPress admin. Extracted-and-rebuilt from RangerPlex's RadioPlayer
component, simplified along the way (no Node CORS proxy needed; the
browser plays SomaFM streams directly).
Phase A deliverables — all in this commit:
PLAYER SURFACES
- Dashboard widget on WP Admin → Dashboard (compact: play/pause +
station select + volume).
- Dedicated admin page at WP Admin → Radio → My Radio (larger
layout, station genre badge, volume %% display).
- Both surfaces share the same JS — picking a station on one mirrors
to the other within the same admin session.
STATIONS
- 44 SomaFM stations grouped by 10 genres (Ambient / Electronic /
Lounge / Rock / Metal / Jazz / World / Reggae / Holiday / Specials).
- Ported verbatim from RangerPlex's RadioPlayer.tsx.
- Default station: Groove Salad (most popular SomaFM channel, safe
ambient/coding pick).
STATE
- Per-user state stored in user_meta under key `radio_state`:
{ station_id, volume, theme, last_played_at }.
- Settings page lets the user pick default station, default volume,
theme (auto/light/dark), and hide the dashboard widget.
- AJAX endpoint `radio_save_state` persists changes without a page
reload. Nonce-protected, capability-checked, only known keys
accepted, station validated against the list, volume clamped to
[0,1].
UPDATES
- Self-hosted updater wired to Gitea (ranger/a-radio) from commit 1.
- Direct port of Buddy's inc/updater.php with BUDDY_* → RADIO_* and
buddy_* → radio_* renames. Same 12h-success / 1h-error caching.
ARCHITECTURE
- No `wp` prefix (trademark policy).
- GPL v2+ public Gitea repo from day one.
- Vanilla JS only — no React, no webpack, no minified-only files.
- CSS-only animations, all assets local.
- Single H1 per admin page.
- Direct HTML5 <audio> playback (SomaFM has CORS headers; no PHP
audio proxy needed). This is the key simplification vs RangerPlex.
COMPLIANCE
- "Powered by SomaFM" credit displayed on both player surfaces with
link to somafm.com. About page invites users to donate to SomaFM
directly.
PHASE PROGRESSION (not in this commit)
- Phase B — Settings polish + retry on transient stream errors +
README.md formatted for WP.org submission.
- Phase C — Now-playing metadata via SomaFM's per-station song
history endpoint (this is where the RangerPlex proxy logic ports
to — server-side, for metadata not audio).
- Phase D — [ranger_radio] shortcode for frontend embedding.
- Phase E — Favorites system.
- Phase F — Multi-provider (Radio Paradise / NTS / KEXP / BBC).
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