Shared Albums for Google Photos & Apple iCloud

Start with a sample, paste your own Google Photos or iCloud share link, preview the result, and place the shortcode where you want the album to appear.

Community Inspiration

The optional Community Directory helps you discover what other users are building with the plugin.

• Browse real shortcode examples for layout ideas.
• Copy a configuration and adapt it to your own album.
• Rate useful examples and share your own.
• Add a sample page URL if you want curious visitors to find your site.

Community features are optional. You can use the gallery plugin without joining or publishing anything.

External services

This plugin connects to the following external services. No visitor data is sent to them by the plugin itself; visitors’ browsers load the photos directly from the services below.

Google Photos

Used to show publicly shared Google Photos albums. When a page with a Google Photos album is rendered, the WordPress server requests the public album page from photos.google.com, and visitors’ browsers load the images and videos from *.googleusercontent.com. Only the shared album link is sent. Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Apple iCloud

Used to show publicly shared iCloud albums. When a page with an iCloud album is rendered, the WordPress server requests the public album data from icloud.com, and visitors’ browsers load the images and videos from *.icloud-content.com. Only the shared album link is sent. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/ Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/

Shared Albums Community

Optional. Used only when a WordPress administrator opens the Community page or connects to the community. Browsing sends read-only requests to sa.janzeman.com; connecting, publishing and rating send the data described in the plugin’s privacy policy text (Settings > Privacy > Policy Guide in wp-admin). Contact: support@janzeman.com

Community Acknowledgements

This plugin has been shaped not only by code, but also by people willing to test early versions, question design decisions, and explain their real-world needs. Their ideas and thoughtful feedback continue to make it more useful and easier to use.

Special Recognition

• Naveen Bachwani ( @naveenbachwani ) – An early adopter with a sharp eye and analytical mind. His feedback often improved usability while new features were still being designed, before they reached a public release. His many feature ideas, extensive testing, UX feedback, and detailed design discussions have helped shape photo information and descriptions, mobile and Fullscreen behavior, the Community Directory, and the current Lightbox and Fullscreen experience.

Personal note: It has been a genuine pleasure working with you, Naveen!

Everyone else who helped shape a feature is thanked in the Changelog, next to the version they contributed to.

Credits

• Uses Swiper – MIT License
• Uses Plyr – MIT License

Privacy Policy

This plugin does not collect or store any user data for its core gallery functionality.

Use of external Google services

• The plugin fetches public Google Photos album pages from https://photos.google.com and image files from *.googleusercontent.com in order to render the galleries.
• Only publicly shared album links are supported; the plugin has no access to private albums or any content that is not already available via a public share link.
• The plugin does not collect, store, or transmit user credentials or personal data. It only caches album HTML and image URLs in WordPress transients for performance, and this cache is stored locally in your WordPress database.

Community Directory (optional, opt-in)

The Community Directory is optional. Browsing samples loads public examples from sa.janzeman.com. Sign-in, ratings, and publishing are used only when you choose to connect to the community.

If you publish an entry, the community service stores the information you submit, such as title, shortcode, description, tags, optional sample page URL, and optional display name. You can delete your community account from the plugin admin page.

The community backend does not use cookies, analytics, advertising, or newsletters.

Support

• Bug reports: Open an issue on GitHub
• Feature requests: Post on the support forum
• Privacy, account, or sensitive questions: email support@janzeman.com
• Leave a rating: Review on WordPress.org
• Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/janzeman