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Dropbox audio previews

Use Dropbox when you want beat previews outside the WordPress media library (large catalogs, tight upload limits).

4.x

Dropbox is a first-class Audio preview source on the BeatStore metabox (Player Plugin). It is not a UI Theme-only field.

  1. Edit a Download or Product.
  2. Set Audio preview to Dropbox.
  3. Paste a public share link (the www.dropbox.com/s/… link Dropbox gives you is fine).
  4. Update.

BeatStore rewrites www.dropbox.com / dropbox.com to https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com at play time. There is no Dropbox OAuth app and no API key. A link that already uses dl.dropboxusercontent.com is left alone.

What will not play

A Dropbox folder or logged-in-only file. The share must be public so the player can fetch audio from another origin.

If audio is silent, check CORS — Dropbox is a different host from your store.

Duration

Duration is detected from preview audio when the file is readable. Dropbox-only beats may show an empty duration until the file can be probed.

Removed in 4.x docs: “no automatic conversion of share links,” “UI Theme only,” and a Player setting to hide the duration column. The 4.x player does not have that Widget 3 column toggle.

For SoundCloud OAuth setup, see SoundCloud audio previews. Media Library uploads can use Protect uploaded previews. Dropbox links are unchanged.