# How to show Subtitle of an Episode?

**URL:** <https://community.podlove.org/t/how-to-show-subtitle-of-an-episode/2682>\
**Category:** Podlove Web Player\
**Created:** [March 31, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/how-to-show-subtitle-of-an-episode/2682 "2021-03-31T13:17:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![flixius](https://community.podlove.org/user_avatar/community.podlove.org/flixius/32/1730_2.png) [@flixius](https://community.podlove.org/u/flixius)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/how-to-show-subtitle-of-an-episode/2682/1 "2021-03-31T13:17:21Z")

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Hello,  
i’m trying to modify the standalone Podlove Webplayer V 5.x for my own purpose.

I checked out the official Documentation and the Sandbox example from here: [Link to Sandbox](https://codesandbox.io/s/player-configuration-p9obe?from-embed)

Based on the file [fg-70.json](https://codesandbox.io/s/player-configuration-p9obe?from-embed=&file=/assets/fg-70.json) there are a **Subtitle** and a **Summary** of the Episode (not the podcast / aka “Show”) provided for the Episode #070.

How can I show the Subtitle and/or The summary of the episode in the podcast player?

In the array visibleComponents we see the property “subtitle” but it’s not shown anywhere.  
When I tested it on localhost and also in the sandbox, I noticed that changes of “visibleComponents” have no influence on the player. Only when I remove the transscripts for example, they are removed from the list.  
I don’t understand the puropse of “visibleComponents” because changes there have no effect. I only found a documentation of this property for WebPlayer V4 but not V5 (the current).

I figured out that there is a way to do what I want by using [Templating](https://docs.podlove.org/podlove-web-player/templating.html).  
But I would prefer not to do it because 100% of the pre-defined player is perfect for me - except the missing subtitle/summary. When I use Templating I have to figure out the whole default player HTML Template and it seems to be complicated to rebuild all by my own after a few hours trial and error. So i would like to implement the modification without templating if it’s possible.

I hope you can help me out. 🙂

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![zusatzstoff](https://community.podlove.org/user_avatar/community.podlove.org/zusatzstoff/32/1026_2.png) [@zusatzstoff](https://community.podlove.org/u/zusatzstoff)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/how-to-show-subtitle-of-an-episode/2682/2 "2021-03-31T18:12:20Z")

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You might want to have a look at this template: [https://github.com/podlove/podlove-web-player-wp-plugin/blob/develop/src/plugin/defaults/templates/classic.html](https://github.com/podlove/podlove-web-player-wp-plugin/blob/develop/src/plugin/defaults/templates/classic.html)

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**Author:** ![flixius](https://community.podlove.org/user_avatar/community.podlove.org/flixius/32/1730_2.png) [@flixius](https://community.podlove.org/u/flixius)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/how-to-show-subtitle-of-an-episode/2682/3 "2021-04-02T11:12:29Z")

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Thank you very much @zusatzstoff  
It worked perfectly and you saved me a lot of time. 🙂

One last question about: [fr-70.json](https://codesandbox.io/s/player-configuration-p9obe?from-embed=&file=/assets/fg-70.json)

The Property visibleComponents has no influence on the behaviour of the player. So can I delete this part in my json file without any side-effects?

I noticed that it all depends on the Template HTML which features should be visible.

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**Author:** ![zusatzstoff](https://community.podlove.org/user_avatar/community.podlove.org/zusatzstoff/32/1026_2.png) [@zusatzstoff](https://community.podlove.org/u/zusatzstoff)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/how-to-show-subtitle-of-an-episode/2682/4 "2021-04-02T16:09:08Z")

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Yes thats absolutely correct. `visibleComponents` are relicts from Web Player 4 🙂

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**Author:** ![flixius](https://community.podlove.org/user_avatar/community.podlove.org/flixius/32/1730_2.png) [@flixius](https://community.podlove.org/u/flixius)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/how-to-show-subtitle-of-an-episode/2682/5 "2021-04-03T08:27:52Z")

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Thank you very much for your help! 🙂