Google Photos Lightbox – 99 photos limit

  • Resolved mikkec

    (@mikkec)


    1 month, 3 weeks ago

    Hi,

    when I open lightbox for an album only 99 photos are loaded even though there are many more. I understand this is a limit of Google Photos API. I have read about a workaround using “More” feature but it does not work for lightbox.

    Is there any way to load all photos into a lightbox please? Or is it possible have a link (shared url) directly to Google Photos Album website instead of lightbox?

    Thank you very much.

    Best regards,
    Michael

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  • Plugin Author Sayontan Sinha

    (@sayontan)

    Is there any way to load all photos into a lightbox please?

    You can’t. The lightbox will only show what is already fetched. The only way to get 100+ photos in the lightbox is to first load all photos of an album on the page (i.e. use the “Photos in an album” feature rather than “All albums”); you cannot get the lightbox to show 100+ by clicking on an album thumbnail.

    Or is it possible have a link directly to Google Photos Album website instead of lightbox?

    No – Google Photos Albums cannot be linked directly due to various constraints in the API. But, you can try Example 3 here. That will let you display all photos of your album on a separate page. You can use the more and photo_more feature as documented to show a button on the new page, and your lightbox will pick up any photos added via those buttons.

    Thread Starter mikkec

    (@mikkec)

    Thanks for the quick response. I think displaying the photos on a separate page will do the job.

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