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ListenUp

Name: ListenUp
Author: Adam Greenwell

Add "read this to me" functionality to your WordPress posts using Murf.ai text-to-speech technology.

ListenUp ranks #34,073 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #221 of 765 in the Accessibility category, and was last updated Sep 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v1.6.0 Current Version v1.6.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 30 Sep, 2026

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6.0
Last Updated: Sep 30, 2026
Requires WP: 5.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 8.1 or higher
Author: Adam Greenwell

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about ListenUp

Yes, you'll need a Murf.ai account and API key to use this plugin. You can sign up at Murf.ai and get your API key from your dashboard.

Murf.ai offers various pricing plans. Check their website for current pricing information.

Yes, but you'll need separate API keys for each site or ensure your Murf.ai plan supports multiple domains.

Yes. Activated for the whole network, ListenUp runs on every site, and each site has its own settings, audio and scheduled tasks. A site's audio folder is created, with the files that keep it private, when audio is first saved on that site, sites added later included. Deactivated for the whole network, ListenUp stops its scheduled tasks on every site of that network, except sites that have it activated on their own. On a network of more than 10,000 sites, deactivate it with wp plugin deactivate listenup --network, which the web server's time limit doesn't cut short. Deleting ListenUp removes its settings, post meta, scheduled tasks and cached audio files from every site. Audio copied to cloud storage stays in your bucket.

The plugin supports MP3, WAV, FLAC, ALAW, ULAW, PCM, and OGG output from Murf.ai. MP3 is the default because it works well across browsers and supports chunked audio downloads without requiring FFmpeg.

Audio Response Mode controls how ListenUp receives the generated file from Murf.ai. URL mode asks Murf for a hosted audio URL, then ListenUp downloads and caches it. Direct base64 mode asks Murf to return the encoded audio in the API response, then ListenUp decodes and caches it locally. Both modes still generate audio through Murf.ai and both are cached locally after generation.

No. Response mode changes delivery, not Murf.ai generation usage. The cost saver is ListenUp's local cache: once audio is generated and cached, visitors replay the saved file instead of generating new audio each time.

You can set an optional target duration for single-file Murf Gen2 audio. Murf.ai treats this as a generation target, not a frame-perfect editor. For very long posts that ListenUp splits into multiple chunks, target duration is skipped so each chunk can be generated safely.

Yes. Add pause tags like [pause 1s] in post content or generated pre-roll scripts. ListenUp normalizes supported pause values between 0.1 seconds and 5 seconds before sending text to Murf.ai.

When enabled, ListenUp asks Murf.ai to return word timing metadata and stores it with newly generated audio when Murf returns it. This metadata is mainly for future transcript and word-highlighting features; it does not display a transcript on the frontend yet. Regenerate existing audio if you need timing metadata added to audio that was already cached.