Shared Albums for Google Photos & Apple iCloud

Hospedagem WordPress com plugin Shared Albums for Google Photos (by JanZeman)

Onde devo hospedar o plugin Shared Albums for Google Photos (by JanZeman)?

Este plugin pode ser hospedado em qualquer servidor que tenha WordPress instalado. Recomendamos fortemente escolher um provedor de hospedagem seguro, com servidores especializados para WordPress, como o serviço de hospedagem da MCO2.

Hospedando o plugin Shared Albums for Google Photos (by JanZeman) em uma empresa de hospedagem seguro

A MCO2, além de instalar o WordPress na versão mais atual para seus clientes, fornece o plugin WP SafePress, um mecanismo exclusivo que protege e aumenta a performance do seu site conjuntamente.

Por que a Hospedagem WordPress funciona melhor na MCO2?

A Hospedagem WordPress funciona melhor pois a MCO2 possui servidores otimizados para WordPress. A instalação de WordPress é diferente de uma instalação trivial, pois habilita imediatamente recursos como otimização de imagens, proteção da página de login, bloqueio de atividades suspeitas diretamente no firewall, cache avançado e HTTPS ativado por padrão. São recursos que potencializam seu WordPress para a máxima segurança e o máximo desempenho.

Embed a shared Google Photos or Apple iCloud album directly from the source, without uploading copies to your WordPress media library.
Add one shortcode, choose a gallery, slider, or carousel layout, and the plugin turns your album into a responsive photo experience for desktop and mobile visitors.

It is built for photographers, bloggers, clubs, families, travel sites, event pages,
and anyone who already organizes photos in Google Photos or iCloud and wants to show them beautifully on a WordPress site.

Why Install It

• No duplicate uploads – Keep your photos in Google Photos or iCloud and show them on your WordPress site.
• Two sources, one shortcode – Google Photos and iCloud albums use the same shortcode, layouts, and options.
• Less gallery maintenance – Update the album at the source instead of rebuilding galleries by hand.
• A better visitor experience – Give people a responsive gallery, slider, carousel, fullscreen view, or lightbox.
• Photo and video support – Share mixed albums without splitting them into separate WordPress galleries.
• Mobile-friendly browsing – Let visitors swipe, tap, zoom, navigate, and enjoy slideshows naturally.
• Useful presentation options – Show descriptions, dates, counters, buttons, and camera details when they help.
• Your order – Keep the album’s order, shuffle it, or sort by date taken, oldest or newest first.
• Built for real albums – Caching, lazy loading, and progressive loading help larger albums stay practical.

Why People Use It

Google Photos and iCloud are convenient for storing and sharing albums.
WordPress is where your audience is.
This plugin connects the two.

Instead of exporting photos, uploading them to the media library, rebuilding galleries,
and repeating the work after every album change, you can share the album once and embed it where you need it.

What Happens After Installing

The plugin adds its own WordPress admin menu with a friendly Guide page,
ready-to-use examples, a live shortcode playground, and the current parameter reference.

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