WordPress Tip: iTunes Integration via last.fm

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itunes-logo061108 So, you’ve got a personal blog and want to integrate your iTunes playlist into WordPress, but don’t just want to say that you’re listening to a CD – you want to display the album art too? WordPress has a few solutions that work great.  The easiest way to do that is by utilizing the “scrobbler” built into last.fm – on which an API can export just about any data you need.  Cue last.fm records and last.fm recent album artwork.

These plugins will take your last X number of CD covers from last.fm and displays them.  last.fm records has a nice caching system, and it’s one I’ve used personally, but recent album artwork has gotten a lot of positive reviews.

  • Well this a great tip, cause I was waiting for this kind of "integration" but what I can't display is the album art for example, do you know why?
    Thx
  • for anyone wishing to allow visitors to hear/buy their Last.fm tracks directly on iTunes, check out my new WordPress plugin, lasTunes (linked in website).
  • I love the plugins for wordpress. This ons is great
  • I've been a fan of last.fm since I first discovered it. Great to see that WP is starting to use their services with some plugins.
  • great tip! Showing the album art is a cool neat trick.
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