Gallery for Google Photos – share your albums right on your site

Yes, Gallery for Google Photos is a free Gutenberg block plugin. The free version includes Grid, Masonry, Carousel, and Memories layouts, the Fancybox lightbox, pagination, captions, hover effects, live search, visual filters, focal-point cropping, lazy loading, and more.

Pro adds Justified/Mosaic and Timeline layouts, one-click Design Presets, advanced carousel options, premium lightbox skins with EXIF display, album auto-sync (with 15-min/hourly/daily interval), Live Event / Wedding Mode (self-updating gallery), multi-album galleries with tabs, Client Proofing (visitors select photos and submit them to you), Download as ZIP, gallery expiry, Advanced Search (fuzzy + shortcuts + recent searches), Gallery Analytics, Media Cleanup Manager, password-protected galleries, right-click protection, automatic watermark, WebP conversion, per-image custom links, frontend media filtering, image shadows, gradient overlays, and advanced hover styling.

Yes. Your Google Client ID, Client Secret, and Refresh Token are stored only in your WordPress database and sent only to Google's servers. They are never transmitted to bPlugins or any third party.

Paste a public shared Google Photos album URL into the block. The plugin uses WP-Cron to check the album on your chosen interval and automatically imports any new photos into your Media Library and gallery. No manual re-importing needed.

Yes (Pro). You can paste any public shared Google Photos album URL and the plugin will import the photos without requiring full OAuth credentials.

Yes (Pro). You can set a password on any gallery. Visitors must enter the correct password before they can view the images.

Yes (Pro). You can upload a logo and the plugin applies it as a server-side watermark during import. You control position, size, and opacity.

Yes (Pro). When enabled, images are automatically converted to WebP format during import for faster page loads and smaller file sizes.

Yes. Every gallery generates a shortcode [google_photos id=..] that works in the Classic Editor, page builders, widget areas, and template files.

Yes, it works with any standard WordPress theme and supports wide and full alignment.

Yes, you can change all gallery settings from the Gutenberg block editor's right sidebar.

Unlimited. You can create as many galleries as you need.

Yes. In the free version you can filter by media type (All, Photos, Videos) in the editor. The Pro version also adds a frontend filter bar so visitors can filter on the live page.

If your Google Cloud OAuth app is set to "Testing" mode, Google automatically expires refresh tokens after 7 days, requiring you to reconnect your account. To prevent this, go to your Google Cloud Console under APIs & Services > OAuth consent screen, and change the Publishing status of your app from "Testing" to "In Production" (no verification is needed).

You can post your questions on the support forum here

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Gallery for Google Photos plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.