Feature request: Add photo description as a shortcode

  • Resolved toonwolf

    (@toonwolf)


    1 month, 2 weeks ago

    Hi Jan,

    Thank you so much for the new version. This is really moving forward. One more thing I would like you to add as a shortcode, is the photo “description”. Example this photo has a description “Participants of the EuroElite Prime Camp in Sandefjord 20-22.03.2026”. It would be great to display the photo description in addition to the title of the photo album.

    Maybe a new shortcode “show-desc” Display photo description: “false” or “true”

    /Ulf

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author Jan Zeman

    (@janzeman)

    1 month, 2 weeks ago

    Hi Ulf,

    Thank you for the kind words and for the great suggestion!

    I actually spent a good hour digging into this. Unfortunately, Google doesn’t include photo descriptions in the shared album data that the plugin can access. They load them separately, only for signed-in users. I also looked into the Google Photos API route, but Google severely restricted it in March 2025, the third-party apps can no longer read shared albums or library content through the API at all.

    So sadly, this one isn’t possible with any approach available today. If Google ever opens things up again, I’ll definitely revisit it.

    Here I can see you most probably found a workaround by adding the description manually. That is the only way possible.

    Being on your site here I noticed this album renders wrongly on your site. I tested its URL on my test site shotcode and there it correctly shows the 2 items it currently has. Maybe it is some work in progress on your side?

    Jan

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