photostream-sync

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3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 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.

Directory rank

Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ s-d-c

   10.5y ago

   Tested with WordPress 4.5 today. It still technically “works” – however… 1) You have to make sure that after setting up your shared album with a website, that it completes building the website before attempting to create a photo stream. 2) Let’s say your album on iCloud is called “Recent Photos” – instead of creating “1” album, it creates an album for each separate DAY that contains photos. So if you took 3 photos on Aug 1st, and 10 on August 2nd, then you’ll get 2 albums, the first with 3 photos, the second with 10 photos. While point (2) may seem annoying, for instance you can just copy the text from one album and paste it into the next one and end up with a single album… I also ran into this issue… 3) After adding new photos to your shared album, the plugin doesn’t seem to recognize that there are new photos. You can click “Import” as many times as you like, it will only seem to recognize the photos that were present the first time you try and sync the album. Not sure if anyone else ran into these issues, but while I’d love it if this plugin actually worked for me, it doesn’t appear that it’s going to.

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2. ★★★★★ speakbeloved

   11.3y ago

   Are you going to update this app to support the current apple photos? I tried to enter a shared album url in your plugin and it was not recognized. Would love to use this, would even pay for it, but it seems like something you put out and forgot.

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3. ★★★★★ Toni

   12.0y ago

   Great idea, great plugin! I got it to transfer photos. I research and work from my iPad, so now transferring photos is a breeze. No glitches – worked smoothly and fast. Set up directions for iOS device are and process are primo. Very good set of parameters for gallery post – that are optional. I got an excellent gallery post as a result. My first gallery. Thank you for a great plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ eckenroed

   13.0y ago

   This is a fantastic plugin. Easy to use and straight forward. There are a lot of small features they could add in the future, but for now, being able to share a photo to a photo stream and have it appear on my website, that’s pretty awesome! As of the time I write this, the only feature I would like to see added is auto-resizing of images so that they are not too big for websites.

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5. ★★★★★ shaunandrews

   13.8y ago

   Setup was straight-forward and easy. Photos from my iPhone show up in my wp-admin. Exactly what I was looking for – a simple way to post new photos to my site! Just share the photo to the new Photostream, and boom!

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-02-21 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-02-19 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in tier
3. 2026-02-05 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-02-04 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-02-01 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-01-31 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-01-30 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
8. 2026-01-27 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier

Competes with

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photostream-sync: 30+ active installs, 3.8★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/photostream-sync