by bPlugins 2.7 (6 reviews)

Gallery for Google Photos – share your albums right on your site

Name: Gallery for Google Photos – share your albums right on your site
Rating: 2.7 (6 reviews)
Author: bPlugins

Import your Google Photos into WordPress and show them as responsive grid, masonry, carousel, or story galleries via block or shortcode.

Gallery for Google Photos ranks #6,790 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #636 of 6,308 in the Media category, a 2.7/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Sep 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.3.0 Current Version v1.3.0

Updated 13 hours ago Last Update on 17 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#636 of 6,308 in Media Top 10% by installs Downloads -29.1% this week Actively maintained

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#6,790

+8 this week

Active Installs

1K+

-15.9%

KW Avg Position

33.7

0.4 worse

Downloads

12.6K

+39 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

54%

Review 2.7 out of 5

2.7 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 15.4%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.3.0
Last Updated: Sep 17, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.1 or higher
Author: bPlugins

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 2.7
Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners, photographers, bloggers, and businesses who want to display their Google Photos albums on their website. It solves the problem of embedding Google Photos content by importing photos and videos into customizable, searchable gallery layouts instead of using manual embed codes.

Grid, masonry, and carousel layouts
Google Photos Picker import
Self-hosted OAuth connection
Fancybox lightbox with video playback
Live search with voice input
Visual filter presets
Deep-link to a photo
Shortcode support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Gallery for Google Photos – share your albums right on your site

It is a one-time setup in the Google Cloud Console: create a project, enable the Photos Picker API, create an OAuth client, then generate a refresh token. The Google Authorization guide walks through every step with screenshots. You can also open it any time from the block's Authorization sidebar or the Help tab on the Google Photos screens.

Yes, Gallery for Google Photos is a free Gutenberg block plugin. The free version includes Grid, Masonry, Carousel, and Memories layouts, the Fancybox lightbox, pagination, captions, hover effects, live search, visual filters, focal-point cropping, lazy loading, and more.

Pro adds Justified/Mosaic and Timeline layouts, one-click Design Presets, advanced carousel options, premium lightbox skins with EXIF display, album auto-sync (with 15-min/hourly/daily interval), Live Event / Wedding Mode (self-updating gallery), multi-album galleries with tabs, Client Proofing (visitors select photos and submit them to you), Download as ZIP, gallery expiry, Advanced Search (fuzzy + shortcuts + recent searches), Gallery Analytics, Media Cleanup Manager, password-protected galleries, right-click protection, automatic watermark, WebP conversion, per-image custom links, frontend media filtering, image shadows, gradient overlays, and advanced hover styling.

Yes. Your Google Client ID, Client Secret, and Refresh Token are stored only in your WordPress database and sent only to Google's servers. They are never transmitted to bPlugins or any third party.

Paste a public shared Google Photos album URL into the block. The plugin uses WP-Cron to check the album on your chosen interval and automatically imports any new photos into your Media Library and gallery. No manual re-importing needed.

Yes (Pro). You can paste any public shared Google Photos album URL and the plugin will import the photos without requiring full OAuth credentials.

Yes (Pro). You can set a password on any gallery. Visitors must enter the correct password before they can view the images.

Yes (Pro). You can upload a logo and the plugin applies it as a server-side watermark during import. You control position, size, and opacity.

Yes (Pro). When enabled, images are automatically converted to WebP format during import for faster page loads and smaller file sizes.

Yes. Every gallery generates a shortcode [google_photos id=..] that works in the Classic Editor, page builders, widget areas, and template files.