Mixcloud

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With the Mixcloud Embed block, you can embed tracks, playlists, and profile from Mixcloud into your posts and pages. You don’t need a Mixcloud account to be able to use them, although they need to be public.

Embedded Mixcloud track

Embedded Mixcloud playlist

Embedded Mixcloud profile

Steps to Embed a track from Mixcloud:

1. Find your track link on Mixcloud

In the web player select the track and click on the “Share” button.

2. In the share section, highlight the track link and copy it

3. Add a Mixcloud embed block to your page/post

Detailed instructions on adding blocks can be found here.

4. Paste the link into the text box and click on the “Embed” button

If it’s a link that can be successfully embedded you will see a preview in your editor.

If you use an URL that can’t be embedded, the block shows the message “Sorry, this content could not be embedded.”

You will have two choices: Try again with a different URL or convert it to a link.

5. Click on “Preview” to see how it will look on the front-end

Embed a playlist from Mixcloud:

A playlist URL can be embedded and the complete tracklist shows in the embed box.

Click on the “UP NEXT” option to view your playlist in the embed box.

The playlist will follow the same order of tracks as you have in Mixcloud.

Embed a profile from Mixcloud:

A profile URL can be embedded and the profile widget shows in the embed box, with additional navigation in the bottom.

Block Toolbar

Besides the “Mover” and “Drag & Drop Handle”, the Block Toolbar for the Mixcloud Embed block shows four buttons:

• Transform to
• Change Alignment
• Edit URL, and
• More Options 

Transform to

You can transform a Mixcloud embed into a Group. This would give you the ability to change the background color around the Mixcloud embed.

Change Alignment

• Align left – Make the Mixcloud post left aligned.
• Align center – Make the Mixcloud post alignment centered.
• Align right – Make the Mixcloud post right aligned.
• Wide width – Increase the width of the post beyond the content size.
• Full width – Extend the Mixcloud post to cover the full width of the screen.

“Wide width” and “Full width” alignment need to be enabled by the Theme of your site.

Edit URL

Via the edit URL, you can change the Mixcloud Embed URL in the embed block. Overwrite the existing URL and click on the “Embed” button.

More Options:

Hide Block Settings

The Hide Block Settings option hides (or shows) the Block Setting panel in the editor’s sidebar.

Copy

Copy can be used to copy a selected block and then you can paste it wherever you want in the editor.

Duplicate

Duplicate can be used to duplicate selected block.

Insert Before

Insert a new block before the selected block(s).

Insert After

Insert a new block after the selected block(s).

Move To

If you select Move To, you will get a blue line inside your content, you can then use the arrows to move that line up and down to where you want the selected content to be moved into, hitting return on your keyboard at that point moves the block to that position.

Edit as HTML

The Edit as HTML option allows you to modify the HTML code of the embed block.

Add to Reusable blocks

Using the Add to Reusable blocks option lets you add the selected block to a list of reusable blocks, so you can use them on other posts or pages as well.

Group

Select the Group option if you want to create a group of blocks and treat them as a unit. You can for instance add a common background color or other blocks to the group.

Remove Block

With the Remove Block option, you can delete the selected block from your content.

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Block Settings

Besides the Advanced section, the Mixcloud embed has only one setting in the “Block Settings” sidebar: Media Settings.

Media Settings

Via the Media Settings, you can control the behavior of your post embed when viewed from a smaller device, like on a phone screen.

The Toggle switch turns on or off the resize functionality for smaller devices. The default setting is “on” or blue.

“Off:” This embed may not preserve its aspect ratio when the browser is resized. In the off position, the toggle switch is gray.

“On:” This embed will preserve its aspect ratio when the browser is resized. The toggle switch turns blue in the “On” position.

Advanced

The advanced tab lets you add a CSS class to your block, allowing you to write custom CSS and style the block as you see fit.