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Simple Google Photos Grid

Provides a widget and shortcode to display photos from a public Google Photos album in a simple grid.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version1.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 4.0 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update4 May 20251y ago
Active installations900Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Simple Google Photos Grid version 1.6 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

A simple, no-frills solution to display a Google Photos album on your site using a widget or a shortcode. There is only one layout option: grid. There is only one required attribute: album url.

That’s it, that easy. See a demo and read more about the plugin. The code is also available on Github.

Notes

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Requires curl or similar to fetch the photo urls.

No support is provided. Probably no features will be added. You are free to ask, or to fork.

Pull requests accepted.

Widget

Go to Appearance -> Widgets and a new widget named Simple Google Photos Grid should be available to use. Drag to your desired widget area and configure.

  • Title: Heading of the widget on your site. Default to empty.
  • Album URL: The full URL to your public gallery on Google Photos. URL must use one of the following domains: ‘photos.app.goo.gl’ or ‘photos.google.com’. Ideally should be the short, “shared” link (such as https://photos.app.goo.gl/G8EOLs5YtESchh4g1z).
  • Num Photos to Show: Even numbers probably work best. There’s a maximum number, not sure what it is, but it’s pretty low.
  • Num Photos per Row: How many photos to show per row? Probably some number that works well with Num Photos.
  • Cache Interval (in minutes): How long to cache photo URLs before checking the album on Google again. 0 for no cache.

Shortcode

Place the shortcode in a post, page or theme.

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Available attributes are:

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– number-photos: (optional) number of photos to display, defaults to 4

– number-photos-per-row: (optional) number of photos per row, defaults to 2

– cache-interval: (optional) length, in minutes, to cache the photo urls retrieved from Google, defaults to 15

gl/G8EOLs5YtESchh4g1" number-photos="6" number-photos-per-row="3" cache-interval="120"]

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • google photos
  • album
  • gallery
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity4 May 20251y ago

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