If you use Google Photos to store your pictures, you can quickly copy your photos to your website. This guide will show you how to connect your WordPress.com account to Google Photos.
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To connect your Google Photos account to WordPress.com, take the steps below.
Select the appropriate tab for your admin interface style:
- Visit your site’s dashboard.
- Navigate to Tools → Marketing.
- Click on the “Connections” tab.
- Scroll down to the “Manage connections” section.
- Next to Google Photos, click the “Connect” button.
- Select your Google account in the “Sign in with Google” pop-up window.
- On the next screen, click the “Continue” button.
- On the “Select what WordPress.com can access” screen, check the option to “See selected photos and videos from Google Photos” and click the “Continue” button.
Your Google Photos account is now connected!
Your Google Photos will now be accessible to all sites in your WordPress.com account. If you have added other users to your site, they will not have access to your Google Photos. Other users can connect their own Google Photos account.
If you are a Google Workspace user, your access to Google Photos must be enabled by your account administrator.
You can access your Google Photos library on WordPress.com using one of two ways: via the WordPress editor and via Media. Each method is explained below.
While editing a page or post on your site, you can add images from Google Photos by taking the following steps:
- Edit any page or post in the WordPress editor.
- Add any block that uses images, such as the Image block, the Gallery block, or the Cover block.
- Click the “Select Image” option.
- Select “Google Photos” from the list.
- If you have not connected to Google Photos yet, you will be prompted to do so here. Make sure to select the option to “See selected photos and videos from Google Photos” on the final screen, and click the “Continue” button.
- In the pop up window, click the “Open Google Photos Picker” button. A new tab will open with your Google Photos.
- Select the image you want to use, and click the “Done” button.
- Choose more than one image if you are using a Gallery block.
- Close the new tab, and select the image (or images if using the Gallery block) you want to add to the image and click the “Select” button to insert it onto your page.
- Continue working on your page, or save/publish your changes.
The image or images you added will be copied to your Media Library and count against your site’s storage capacity. The images will remain in your Media Library even if you disconnect Google Photos from your WordPress.com site.
Use the Media option if you want to copy multiple Google Photos to your media in one step. The images you copy to your media will be available anywhere you add images to your site.
Select the appropriate tab for your admin interface style:
In the Default View, follow these steps to copy media from Google Photos:
- Visit your site’s dashboard.
- Navigate to Media.
- Select the image icon in the upper-left corner and select “Google Photos“
- If you have not connected to Google Photos yet, you will be prompted to do so here. Make sure to select the option to “See selected photos and videos from Google Photos” on the final screen, and click the “Continue” button.
- Click the “Open Google Photos Picker” button. A new tab will open with your Google Photos.
- Select the image or images you want to use, and click the “Done” button.
- Click each image that you want to add to your media library and click the “Copy to media library” button.
- Click the “Change selection” button if you want to change which images you copy from Google Photos.
The image or images you added will be copied to your Media Library and count against your site’s storage capacity. The images will remain in your Media Library even if you disconnect Google Photos from your WordPress.com site.
To remove your connection to Google Photos, take the steps below.
Select the appropriate tab for your admin interface style:
- Visit your site’s dashboard.
- Navigate to Tools → Marketing.
- Click on the “Connections” tab.
- Scroll down to the “Manage connections” section.
- Next to Google Photos, click the “Disconnect” button.
If you wish to change the Google Photos account you have connected, you can disconnect it following the steps above and then connect another account.
