Google Photos embed
by enomoto celtislab · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Using shared short URL of Google Photos, you can embed the image easy to blog.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈680 estimated
Momentum
+23%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “amp”, “embed” and “google photos” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 19.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 7.1.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3343 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 7.1
3.7★ over 9 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3343 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| amp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| embed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google photos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “amp”, “embed” and “google photos” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 200 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 700.
Install history since 12 Aug 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zeezuiper6.3y ago
No Gutenberg block for it so you can just insert the URL.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sseale668.5y ago
I don’t understand why anyone needs to use this plugin, that still requires several laborious steps back and forth from your google album, copying and pasting. You can do the exact same thing by copying and pasting it into “add media from URL” without the plugin. Plugins are supposed to be time savers, this one is not.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ guyaftab8.6y ago
I really like this plugin. Thanks Developer!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tdlmidipy9.5y ago
Tested with WP 4.7.5 : Works fine ! Suggestions : – Link in the caption : Optional (Caption with link/Caption without link) – link to Google Photo page : Link to the photo / Link to the album of the photo – copy the image into the medias library Thanks ! I made the translation (French) of the plugin available on the WordPress site. Bertrand This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by tdlmidipy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Seth Carstens9.6y ago
Exactly what I expected, ads embed for google photos. Doesn’t work in multisite well yet but hoping for an update!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jeanrca9.8y ago
Easy. It works from the first try. Simple, it does what it says.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ M66B10.0y ago
Nice work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hddimensions10.6y ago
The author’s description of the plugin leaves me wondering exactly what it is supposed to do. From what I gather by the title of the plugin an image from Google Photos is supposed to embed and display inside a post. However, after installing the plugin and testing using his basic examples, the image from Google Photos does not display in the post. It does display the link to the image, but that’s not what I was looking for. If there’s something I’m missing the documentation, or lack of it, doesn’t help. Here’s the short code I used: [embed width="320" height="150" align="alignright" caption="xxxxxxx"]https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOGsI_URsYEJRi7C2Esa9Px7FUDBlz0UPZuRCyP[/embed]
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Using shared short URL of Google Photos, you can embed the image easy to blog."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,725 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-16 700+ → 600+ down after 254 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 800+ → 700+ down after 269 days in tier
- 2025-05-11 900+ → 800+ down after 305 days in tier
- 2024-07-10 1K+ → 900+ down after 1058 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1049 days in tier
- 2018-10-03 800+ → 2K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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EmbedPress 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Google Photos embed into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
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