Google Photos embed
by enomoto celtislab · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 7.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Using shared short URL of Google Photos, you can embed the image easy to blog.
43 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3277 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
110
now · peak 192
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
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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-08-12 · 1,425 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zeezuiper6.1y ago
No Gutenberg block for it so you can just insert the URL.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sseale668.3y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ guyaftab8.4y ago
I really like this plugin. Thanks Developer!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tdlmidipy9.3y 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 Carstens9.4y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ jeanrca9.6y ago
Easy. It works from the first try. Simple, it does what it says.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ M66B9.8y ago
Nice work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hddimensions10.4y 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]
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-04 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 700+ → 800+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 800+ → 700+ down after 263 days in tier
- 2025-05-11 900+ → 800+ down after 305 days in tier
- 2024-07-10 1K+ → 900+ down
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