AudioLayer – Text To Speech Wordpress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
AudioLayer turns your written articles into studio-quality AI audio narration in one click, with a clean on-page player your readers can use while they drive, exercise, commute, or multitask. Setup takes minutes, requires no technical knowledge, and fits your existing WordPress publishing workflow.
How It Works
- Connect. Install and activate the AudioLayer plugin. Create a free AudioLayer account at console.audiolayer.io. Paste your API key into the AudioLayer plugin settings.
- Generate. Open any post in the block editor and click Generate Narration in the AudioLayer right-side panel. AudioLayer uses advanced AI voice synthesis to create expressive, natural-sounding narration.
- Publish. AudioLayer inserts a polished audio narration player block into your post (below the header graphics and above the body text). Once you click Publish, your readers can use the player immediately.
Main Features
- One-click narration generation from the post block editor sidebar
- The AudioLayer player block is added to your post when you click Generate Narration, with 15-second rewind and fast-forward controls
- A player thumbnail image that uses your site icon by default, or any image you upload (minimum size is 600px x 600px)
- Adjustable playback speed for your readers, including 0.75x, 1x, 1.5x, and 2x
- A built-in share button that uses the reader’s native share sheet, with a copy-link fallback
- No forced AudioLayer branding: the AudioLayer attribution credit is off by default and appears only if you switch it on in the AudioLayer plugin settings (we appreciate the opt-in for branding purposes)
- A self-contained player: no external libraries, no web fonts, and no third-party scripts, with only the audio metadata loaded until a reader presses play
- Regenerate or delete narration at any time from the post editor
- Advanced listener analytics in the AudioLayer Console (views, plays, avg listen time, total listen time, completion rate, and many more stats), with no cookies and no stored IP addresses
- A pronunciation dictionary in the AudioLayer Console, so names, brands and uncommon words are always narrated the way you want
Pricing
AudioLayer billing is simple: each plan includes a monthly word allowance, and words count against it only when we turn your text into audio, including when you regenerate a narration. Sampling our library of 30 English voices and 30 languages is always free.
The Free Plan is free forever and includes 10,000 words of narration per month, roughly ten 1,000-word articles. No credit card required.
Paid plans start at $35 a month for 50,000 words, up to 2 voices, and up to 2 languages. Each step up expands monthly allocated words, voices, and language options, and covers more sites. Narration overage is off by default, so you cannot be billed beyond your plan price unless you turn it on. If you turn overage on, you can also set a monthly cap, which covers your plan price and overage together, so it is the most AudioLayer can charge you in any given month. Full plan details at https://audiolayer.io/#pricing
Requirements
- An AudioLayer account, free to create at https://console.audiolayer.io
- WordPress 6.0 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
External Services
AudioLayer is a hosted service. The plugin connects only to api.audiolayer.io and needs an AudioLayer account.
- When you generate narration, the post’s title and content are sent to AudioLayer. Nothing is sent unless an editor clicks Generate Narration or Regenerate Narration.
- When the AudioLayer screens open (any AudioLayer settings page, including Usage and Narration Defaults, or the AudioLayer right-side panel in the post editor), the plugin uses your API key to fetch your plan, usage, overage settings, and enabled voices and languages. Nothing about your posts, users, or readers is sent.
- When a reader plays a narration, their browser loads the audio from AudioLayer’s servers.
- When listener analytics are on, anonymous listening events pass through your site to AudioLayer. See the Privacy section.
AudioLayer runs on Amazon Web Services and uses ElevenLabs to create the audio. When you enable a language other than English, it uses Anthropic (Claude API) to translate the text.
- AudioLayer: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy
- ElevenLabs: Terms of Use, Privacy Policy
- Anthropic: Commercial Terms, Privacy Policy
Privacy
The AudioLayer player is built to collect the minimum possible information about your readers.
- No cookies or browser storage. The player stores nothing on your readers’ devices.
- No tracking across pages or sites. Each page view gets a random ID that disappears when the reader leaves the page.
- No stored IP addresses. Country is estimated from the browser’s time zone, never from an IP address. To block abuse, the plugin keeps a one-way hash of the visitor’s IP address on your site for 60 seconds, then discards it.
- Anonymous analytics you control. Listener analytics (views, plays, progress, completion, device type, referring site and country) are on by default. You can turn them off anytime on the AudioLayer Privacy settings page.
- Kept only while your account exists. Deleting your AudioLayer account deletes its narrations and analytics.
- Ready for your privacy policy. The plugin adds suggested text under Settings > Privacy in WordPress.
- No data sales. AudioLayer does not sell site or listener data.
- Clean uninstall. Deleting the plugin removes its settings, API key, and cached data from WordPress. Your posts are untouched, and your narrations stay safe in your AudioLayer account. The player is hidden while the plugin is gone, and reinstalling brings it back.
Full details in the AudioLayer Privacy Policy.
Screenshots
The AudioLayer player on a published article
Readers switch voices, languages and playback speed right in the player (multiple voices and languages on paid plans)
A mobile-friendly player that runs in any browser, with no app or sign-in
Listener analytics in the AudioLayer Console: plays, play rate, listen time, completion and time on page
Analytics and narration details for each article
Generate narration in one click from the block editor, using your voices and languages from the AudioLayer Console
Click Generate Narration and the player is added to your post, with regenerate and delete in the AudioLayer panel. You can also change the player’s thumbnail image for any post.
Narration settings in the AudioLayer Console: choose and preview the voices and languages for your narrations
Usage in the AudioLayer Console: words used this month, optional overage and a monthly spend cap
Pronunciation dictionary: control how names, brands and uncommon words are narrated
