Simple Google Photos Grid

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ GMRobbins

   3.0y 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!

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2. ★★★★★ stefanbommeli

   8.6y 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?

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Simple Google Photos Grid <= 1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2025-04-24 CVE-2025-46503 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 1.5 Patched in 1.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-12-06 1K+ → 900+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2025-12-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-12-01 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2025-11-28 900+ → 1K+ up after 98 days in tier
6. 2025-08-22 800+ → 900+ up after 379 days in tier
7. 2024-08-08 900+ → 800+ down after 3 days in tier
8. 2024-08-05 800+ → 900+ up after 9 days in tier

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).

• Gallery for Google Photos – share your albums right on your site 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 4 shared tags B
• Shared Albums for Google Photos 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• S Social Photo Fetcher 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• E Easy Photo Album 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• P Photo Galleria 700+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• InPost Gallery 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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Simple Google Photos Grid: 1K+ active installs, 4.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-google-photos-grid