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Grab Latest Track From SoundCloud

Description

Adds a widget that pulls a SoundCloud RSS feed and generates all the needed code to display the latest track where ever you place the widget. The plugin will setup a CRON job to check once an hour for the newest track. Users are also able to manually execute an RSS pull and not wait an hour.

Screenshots

  • Admin widget dialogue box showing customization fields
  • Example of how widget looks on front end in right rail

Installation

  1. Install Grab Latest Track From SoundCloud either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server.
  2. Activate the plugin.
  3. Under the available widgets you will now see `Newest SoundCloud Track\’

FAQ

Q: I just added my feed by it’s showing up as an error on the front end

A: On the widgets dialog box click the Click here to import newest Podcasts NOW link. This will force WordPress to go and gather the newest items.

Q: Does this plugin work with providers other than SoundCloud

A: No. This plugin was specifically made to pull RSS from SoundCloud

Q: Where can I find my SoundCloud RSS feed’s URL?

A: Login to your SoundCloud account and go under settings -> Content. The RSS feed will be displayed here.

**Q: The Date / Title are pushed up right against the DIV and look terrible! How can I change this?
A: You can tweek the way the Date & the Title show up using the WordPress Customizing -> Additional CSS.
There are two classes for these. So adding something like the snip below will push everything over to the right

        .SoundCloudPubDate{padding:10px}
        .SoundCloudTitle{padding:10px}

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Contributors & Developers

“Grab Latest Track From SoundCloud” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.1

Release Date – August 2, 2021
* Fixed item relating to the more field being dropped.
* Fixed class names for styling publication date & title.
* Fixed readme file so that single quotes are not escape coded.
* Changed author link to stand alone page with ONLY plugins.

1.0.0

Release Date: July 27rd, 2021