We're excited to announce a major update to our AzuraCast Radio Hosting platform!
With the all-new Embed Widget Builder, you can now create a fully customizable radio player widget and embed it directly into your website, blog, or landing page — in just a few clicks.
Embed Widget Builder — Key Features
6 Stunning Audio Visualizer Styles
- Classic Bars — Smooth gradient bars with peak indicators and reflection effects
- Blocks — Retro-style segmented blocks with glow effects
- Wave — Flowing waveform that reacts to your music in real-time
- Circular — Radial visualizer with centered album art display
- Particle — Dynamic particle system that dances to the beat
- Bokeh — Beautiful floating bubbles that pulse with the music
All visualizers feature logarithmic frequency mapping, A-weighted audio processing, and a hardware audio compressor for professional-grade results — whether your listeners play quiet jazz or heavy bass music.
Real-Time Now Playing
- Live song title, artist name, and album art — updated automatically via SSE (Server-Sent Events)
- Elapsed time progress bar
- Listener count badge
Rich Widget Templates
- History — Show recently played tracks in Timeline, Card, or List view
- Schedule — Display your station's upcoming schedule
- Song Requests — Let your listeners request songs directly from the widget (Standard and Dark Neon themes)
Full Customization
- Pick your brand color — the entire widget adapts automatically
- Choose from multiple bar distribution modes: Edge, Center, Mixed, Crown
- Adjustable player width with real-time preview
- Dark theme with glassmorphism design — looks stunning on any website
One-Click Embed
- Copy the generated embed code and paste it into any HTML page, PHP site, or WordPress
- Built-in Integration Guide with step-by-step instructions for HTML, PHP, and WordPress
- Fully responsive — adapts to any screen size
Additional Improvements in This Update
- Three station states — Clear Online (Streaming), Idle, and Offline indicators
- Start / Stop Station — Control your station directly from the client area
- Reset Password — One-click AzuraCast password reset
- SSO Deep-Linking — Jump directly to any AzuraCast page (Media, Playlists, Reports, etc.) without logging in again
- Enhanced security — All module files are now IonCube encoded and obfuscated
How to Access the Widget Builder
- Log in to your Client Area
- Go to your Radio Hosting service
- Scroll down to the Embed Widget Builder section
- Customize your player, copy the embed code, and paste it into your website!
The Widget Builder is available to all active Radio Hosting customers at no extra cost.
We hope you enjoy these new features! If you have any questions or feedback, don't hesitate to open a support ticket.
— The RadioHosting24 Team
