Title: Audio Story Images
Author: Jordy Meow
Published: <strong>August 4, 2016</strong>
Last modified: April 15, 2026

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# Audio Story Images

 By [Jordy Meow](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tigroumeow/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/audio-story-images.1.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audio-story-images/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audio-story-images/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audio-story-images/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audio-story-images/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/audio-story-images/)

## Description

Very simple, unique and exciting plugin that allows the bloggers to link an image
to an audio file through the Media Library. Automatically, a little play icon will
be added on your images in your posts. That way, you can give another dimension 
to your images thanks to sounds, music or voice-over. Here is a very simple example.

**BETA**. This plugin was just created. We are waiting for the first feedbacks of
our users to decide which way to go. We have many ideas for it but we prefer to 
hear from you first. We will keep it clean, consistent and excellent.

**BE KIND**. Again, this plugin is new. Please don’t attack us. We are starting 
it. Please help us 🙂

**IDEAS**. Tell an audio story behind each image rather than text (the text should
focus on SEO instead, be an excerpt of the story). Use cinemagraphs instead of normal
images and have the audio track synchronized with it. Write a post with photos taken
around your home, with the associated background audio. Write a post with portraits,
each of them will say a simple sentence with their own voice. Etc…

More information available on https://meowapps.com/audio-story-images/.

#### Features

 * Link images to audio files through the Media Library
 * Audio Story meta box in the attachment edit sidebar
 * Autoplay when images come into view (with smart browser compatibility)
 * Visual play/pause controls on images
 * Support for MP3 and WAV audio formats
 * Support for JPEG, PNG and GIF image formats

#### How Audio Story Works

**Linking Audio to Images:**
 1. Go to Media Library (list view) or edit any media
file 2. Use the “Audio Story” column or meta box to attach files 3. Images can be
linked to audio files, and vice versa 4. Once linked, a play button appears on the
image in your posts

**Autoplay Feature:**
 * Enable autoplay by checking “Autoplay when image comes 
into view” in the attachment edit screen * When visitors scroll and the image becomes
visible, audio plays automatically * Due to browser security policies: – If the 
visitor has already interacted with your site, audio plays immediately – On first
visit, a subtle notice appears: “Click anywhere to enable audio” – After any click/
tap, all autoplay audio will work normally – The play button pulses to indicate 
audio is ready

#### Quickstart

 1. Upload audio files and image files to your Media Library
 2. In the Media Library list view, use the Audio Story column to link files
 3. Or edit any image/audio file and use the Audio Story meta box in the sidebar
 4. Optionally enable autoplay for automatic playback when images come into view
 5. Your images now have audio! Visitors can click the play button or experience autoplay

## Screenshots

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Audio Story Images

## Installation

Quick and easy installation:

 1. Upload the folder `audio-story-images` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Check the Quickstart in the Description.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Very attractive](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-attractive-5/)󠁿

 [Ali Daei](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aliedaei/) November 26, 2025

Congratulations on developing this useful plugin. Please, if possible, play the 
music by clicking on the image and not needing to touch the speaker icon.Thank you

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### 󠀁[Brilliant](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brilliant-1669/)󠁿

 [markstothard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markstothard/) May 25, 2025

Brilliant app, adding audio to the images, please keep enhancing this app. Would
love autoplay if not currently available..

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### 󠀁[Great work, great plugin. Highly recommended!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-work-great-plugin-highly-recommended/)󠁿

 [esventot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/esventot/) October 3, 2021 1 reply

I love your plugin. It’s exactly what I was looking for. I have web site about the
valencian language with large amounts of images in galleries and some of them need
exactly this, a way to attach an audio file where the visitors can check how each
wor on a picture is pronounced. I did a test page with a gallery made in wp block
editor (whoch is very poor) and it works perfectly. I could also manage to change
icon size and colour, as explained by you in this support formum. The big issue 
is, that I use the foogalllery plugin for al my image galleries and obviously inside
these galleries the icon won’t appear and the audio won’t be able to launch. Do 
you know about other free galleries which support your plugin? Is there a workaround
to manage issues in third party gallery plugins, adding some code?? Great work Jorge
and Co.!!

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### 󠀁[Excelente!! Me encanta!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excelente-me-encanta-2/)󠁿

 [Sergioot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergioot/) March 2, 2021 1 reply

Por favor, continúen con este proyecto, es muy bueno. Antes que otros les tomen 
la delantera!!! Gracias

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### 󠀁[Could have been good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-have-been-good/)󠁿

 [twomoons](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twomoons/) October 14, 2019 1 reply

Shame that it hasn’t been updated for so long as this plugin could have been really
good. Was looking for something along these lines but i guess i will just have to
keep on looking.

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### 󠀁[Highly recommended](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/highly-recommended-341/)󠁿

 [stephenf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stephenf/) August 31, 2019

Does the job very nicely and runs with no flaws or snags. Very responsive support
team as well.

 [ Read all 14 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/audio-story-images/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Audio Story Images” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jordy Meow ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tigroumeow/)
 *   [ Thomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kywyz/)

“Audio Story Images” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/audio-story-images/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Audio Story Images” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/audio-story-images)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/audio-story-images/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/audio-story-images/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/audio-story-images/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/audio-story-images/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.2

 * Add: Circular progress indicator around the play button while audio is playing.
 * Add: Modern SVG icons with glass-morphism styling (blur backdrop, refined shadows).
 * Add: Icon style variations (solid, minimal, outline) mapped to the existing 8
   models.
 * Improvement: Larger, more accessible default icon sizes.
 * Tested up to WordPress 6.9.

#### 1.0.1

 * Add: Audio Story meta box in attachment edit sidebar for easier media linking
 * Add: Autoplay feature – audio can play automatically when images come into view
 * Add: AJAX-based linking for better user experience
 * Add: Visual feedback for autoplay (pulsing button when blocked by browser)
 * Add: Smart autoplay handling with browser security policies
 * Fix: Search functionality in media picker modal
 * Fix: Detach handling to prevent header conflicts
 * Improvement: Better UI/UX with “Go to Image/Audio” buttons
 * Improvement: Debug logging removed for cleaner operation

#### 1.0.0

 * Support for WP 5.0.
 * Note: If you like it, please review the plugin here: https://wordpress.org/support/
   plugin/media-file-renamer/reviews/?rate=5#new-post. The plugin has currently 
   no visibility because of the lack of users and reviews, and might disappear because
   of that. Please help us! Thanks to you all 🙂

#### 0.0.3

 * Support for WP 4.9.

#### 0.0.1

 * Very first release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **4 months ago**
 *  Active installations **400+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audio-story-images/) and [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/audio-story-images/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/audio-story-images)
 * Tags
 * [audio](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/audio/)[image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/)
   [music](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/music/)[sound](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sound/)
   [story](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/story/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/audio-story-images/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.9 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jordy Meow ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tigroumeow/)
 *   [ Thomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kywyz/)

## Support

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