A WordPress blogger create a ticket in which he said he is a Podcaster, he want to display his audio podcast in the tooltip window, when users hover over a tooltip term in a wordpress post, he hope his podcast will be played in the tooltip popup box. We checked his request carefully, our answer is , Sir, yes, wordpress tooltip plugin support wordpress podcast tooltip 🙂
What is Podcast?
A podcast is a digital media format, typically consisting of audio or video files, that can be streamed online or downloaded. The term “podcast” is a combination of two words: “iPod” and “broadcast.” Despite the inclusion of “iPod” in the name, podcasts are not limited to use on iPods or Apple devices and can be played on various computers, smartphones, tablets, and other digital devices.
Podcasts are usually created and published by individuals, organizations, or teams and cover a wide range of topics and content types, including news, education, entertainment, technology, health, culture, and more. Users can subscribe to podcasts to regularly receive updates of new content. Podcast subscriptions are typically managed through podcast applications, which allow users to browse, search, and subscribe to podcasts of interest, automatically downloading new content.
Advantages of podcasts include:
- Freedom: Creators have the freedom to choose their content and style without the constraints of traditional radio broadcasting.
- Subscribability: Users can subscribe to podcasts based on their interests and schedules, making it convenient to receive new content regularly.
- Diversity: Podcast content spans nearly every field, allowing users to find content that suits their interests.
- Interactivity: Some podcasts enable audience feedback, comments, and interaction, fostering a connection with creators.
In summary, podcasts are a widely used digital media format that offers creators and listeners more freedom and diversity to cater to various interests and needs.
What it WordPress Tooltip Plugin?
WordPress tooltip pro is a tooltips plugin for wordpress, which be designed to help you create colorful, varied and graceful tooltip styles to present the content to your users, with lively and elegant animation effects, and save your valuable screen space.
When the users hover over an item, the colorful tooltip popup box will display with the animation effect. You can add video, audio, image, and even other content which generated by 3rd wordpress plugins like QR code, Amazon AD, Google Map in tooltip popup box via wordpress
What’s benefit of display a podcast in a tooltip window when users hover over a tooltip term in a wordpress blog post?
A WordPress blogger might want to display a podcast in a tooltip window when users hover over a tooltip term in a blog post for several reasons:
- Enhanced User Experience: Displaying a podcast in a tooltip can provide an interactive and engaging experience for readers. When users hover over a term, they can quickly access additional multimedia content related to the topic without leaving the blog post.
- Visual Aid: Some concepts or topics might be better explained with audio or video content. By including a podcast in a tooltip, the blogger can offer a visual and auditory explanation, making it easier for readers to understand complex ideas or concepts.
- Convenience: Tooltip-based podcasts offer a convenient way to provide supplementary information. Users can choose to engage with the podcast if they are interested, but they are not forced to do so. It’s a non-intrusive way to offer additional content.
- Promotion: Bloggers often use tooltips as a way to promote their own podcast or other relevant content. By strategically placing podcast tooltips throughout the blog post, they can encourage readers to explore their multimedia content.
- SEO Benefits: Including multimedia elements like podcasts can improve the overall quality and engagement of a blog post. This can positively impact SEO (Search Engine Optimization) by keeping visitors on the page longer and reducing bounce rates.
- Differentiation: Adding multimedia tooltips can make a blog post stand out from others. It can set the blogger apart by offering a unique and interactive reading experience.
To implement this feature, the blogger can use WordPress tooltip plugin (without any custom code) to create tooltips that trigger the display of podcasts when users hover over specific terms or phrases within the wordpress blog post. WordPress tooltips pro plugin available for WordPress that can facilitate this functionality.
How to create wordpress podcast tooltip?
Please look at the audio tooltip -> This is an wordpress podcast audio demo, as you can see, when users mouse over the tooltip tooltip term, an podcast tooltip will show instantly in the wordpress post, yes you can play any audio / podcast in the tooltip window. 🙂
It is very easy to create an audio podcast tooltip, please create a new tooltip term and just copy embed audio code, that’s all:
1: Please check wordpress tooltip download to download newest version of wordpress tooltip pro + plugin
2: Upload the wordpress tooltip plugin (zip file) via plugins panel in your wordpress, if you are new user of wordpress tooltip, please check our video of how to install wordpress tooltip at: WordPress Tooltips Video Tutorial 3: How to upload and activate wordpress tooltips pro plugin
3: Log in your wordpress site as admin, in wordpress dashboard, please click on Tooltips menu item, then click “Add New” sub menu item
4: In wordpress tooltip editor, enter tooltip title, the tooltip editor looks like this:
5: Paste embed podcast / audio code in tooltip content area, then click publish button to post your podcast tooltip. In tooltip editor, Podcasters can upload the podcast / audio file into your wordpress media lib, then use HTML code to embed the audio / podcast in tooltip editor, the code looks like this:
<audio controls><source src="https://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/001.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio>
6: In front end, just insert the tooltip keyword in wordpress post, when mouse hover the tooltip keyword, you will find the podcast is playing in the wordpress tooltip pop-up window 🙂
