Who is Photo roll for?

Photo roll is a B2B product built for wordPress website owners.

Yes — Photo roll is free to use.

Is Photo roll still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What are alternatives to Photo roll?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Gallery for Social Photo, Simple Photo Feed, and Widgets for Social Photo Feed.

Who develops Photo roll?

Photo roll is developed by joe9sig.

How long has Photo roll been around?

Photo roll first shipped in 2020.

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Photo roll

Name: Photo roll
Author: joe9sig

wordpress.orgStock & asset libraries

Photo roll is a WordPress plugin that retrieves recent photos from an Instagram profile and saves them as attachments in the site's media library. Website owners configure it with an Instagram profile name and can then use the imported images on their site.

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Overview

4 features

Photo roll is a Stock & asset libraries project. It focuses on importing and displaying Instagram photos on a WordPress website without technical setup. It is built as a B2B product for wordPress website owners. Photo roll costs nothing to use. It ships for the web.

joe9sig builds and maintains Photo roll, and it first shipped in 2020. Key capabilities include instagram photo import, profile name setup, and media library saving. The interface is available in English and Chinese. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Instagram photo import
Profile name setup
Media library saving
Photo display shortcode

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed7 Sept · 11:03 UTC
Photo roll verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about Photo roll

What does Photo roll do?: Photo roll focuses on importing and displaying Instagram photos on a WordPress website without technical setup. It is catalogued under Stock & asset libraries on PulseGate.
Who is Photo roll for?: Photo roll is a B2B product built for wordPress website owners.
Is Photo roll free?: Yes — Photo roll is free to use.
What platforms does Photo roll run on?: Photo roll runs on the web.
Is Photo roll still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What are alternatives to Photo roll?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Gallery for Social Photo, Simple Photo Feed, and Widgets for Social Photo Feed.Gallery for Social Photo Simple Photo Feed Widgets for Social Photo Feed
Who develops Photo roll?: Photo roll is developed by joe9sig.
How long has Photo roll been around?: Photo roll first shipped in 2020.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Chinese
First seen: 7 Sept 2026
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress website owners
Model: B2B
Solves: Importing and displaying Instagram photos on a WordPress website without technical setup.

Registered as

WordPress.org: photo-roll

Developer

joe9sig

Index record

Indexed: 7 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 7 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: photo-roll-wordpress-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 7 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 7 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 7 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-roll

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