Google Photos API change threatens shared album galleries
Google removed public Photos Library API access for shared albums, so the API-based plugin may stop working and its future is unclear.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 7 February 2025 · last reported 30 June 2025
What's going wrong
Several site owners running a Google Photos gallery plugin say Google removed public API access to the full photo library, so the API-based plugin can now only show photos the app itself created.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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