title: Autoplay WordPress Audio Playlist (MediaElement.js)
body: <p>WordPress does not offer an 'autoplay' option for the Audio playlists like they do single audio embeds.</p>
  
  <p>Since WordPress is using MediaElement.js, there should be a work-around, yes?</p>
  
  <p>I've searched around plenty and have not found a workable answer.</p>
  
  <p>For example, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5394109/autoplay-mediaelementplayer">Autoplay MediaElementPlayer</a></p>
  
  <p>Lots of good variations there, but none seem to work with the WordPress playlist player element.</p>
  
  <p>My lack of Javascript and jQuery is limited, but the CSS unique selector I've found on the playlist is</p>
  
  <pre><code>div.mejs-button.mejs-playpause-button.mejs-play &gt; button
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Therefore I was hoping a solution such as </p>
  
  <pre><code>$(document).ready(function() {
  $("div.mejs-button.mejs-playpause-button.mejs-play &gt; button").trigger('click');
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>at the top of the single-page template I have my player on - would work, but no avail.</p>
  
  <p>Anyone know of a suitable work around for this? Since WP does not inherently support it, I'm assuming a javascript or jQuery solution is required. TY!</p>
  
  <p>edit:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Here is the play control:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div class="mejs-controls"&gt;&lt;div class="mejs-button mejs-playpause-button mejs-play"&gt;
  &lt;button type="button" aria-controls="mep_0" title="Play" aria-label="Play"&gt;&lt;/button&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>