Simple Google Photos Grid
Provides a widget and shortcode to display photos from a public Google Photos album in a simple grid.
4.5(2 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Simple Google Photos Grid is a WordPress album plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Downloads are up 25% this week. Top alternative: Mixed Media Gallery Blocks.
4.5/52 reviews
1.0K+active installs
10K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
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
Your album on Google Photos must be “public”, which means you need to go into Google Photos on the web and set “Sharing options” to on, i.e. “Anyone with the link can see these photos and the people who’ve been invited or joined.”
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 wi…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Not perfect, but it does the job … free also!
by GMRobbins·2 years ago
I am not sure why this plugin has not gotten more attention. I have searched for a similar plug that would take third-party images (Google Photos) and create a gallery. Few offer it and those that do, are quite proud of their plugin ($$$). Yes, the gallery isn’t great and I wish it would open the images in a lightbox, but I am extremely please with the plugin. My server is getting approching capacity and this plugin keeps a gazillion photos off of it. Thanks for the plugin. I sure wish you’d consider updating it!
Simple and does the job
by stefanbommeli·8 years ago
Perfect for simple and easy integration and use. Maybe you can ad a Link on the foto to go to the fotodetail instead of the gallery-overview?
Download Trends
Today: 7Yesterday: 9This week: 55Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.6
76.9%
v1.5
20.4%
v1.3
2.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.6
- Fix CVE-2025-46503
Contributors
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