Social Photo Fetcher is the #76 ranked gallery app on WordPress, with a 3.7 average rating from 12 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Social Photo Fetcher is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by JK. With a rating of 3.7★ from 12 reviews, it currently ranks #76 in the Gallery category.
AppRanks data: Social Photo Fetcher ranks #76 in Gallery on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 13% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Social Photo Fetcher is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Gallery category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 12 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by JK — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.7★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (12) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Social Photo Fetcher works
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EOL Notice This plugin has been sunset as of 5/21/2026. Big thank you to all the users who have contributed over the past 16 years – this was not an easy decision, but unfortunately, Facebook’s aggressive stance towards developers has just made it too difficult for a solo dev to maintain. Please see here for details & a full explanation.
Description Social Photo Fetcher (previously called “Facebook Photo Fetcher”) allows you to quickly and easily generate WordPress photo galleries from Facebook albums.
The idea was inspired by Fotobook, though its approach is fundamentally different: while Fotobook’s emphasis is on automation, this plugin allows a great deal of customization. With it you can create galleries in any Post or Page you like, right alongside your regular content. You do this simply by putting a “magic HTML tag” in the post’s content – much like WordPress Shortcode. Upon saving, the tag will instantly be populated with the Facebook album content. Presentation is fully customizable via parameters to the “magic tag” – you can choose to show only a subset of an album’s photos, change the number of photos per column, show photo captions, and more. Plus, Social Photo Fetcher doesn’t limit you to just your own albums: it can create galleries from fanpages as well.
Features:
Uses Facebook’s API to instantly create WordPress photo galleries from Facebook albums.
Galleries are fully customizable: you can import complete albums, select excerpts, random excerpts, album descriptions, photo captions, and more.
Galleries can be organized however you like: in any post or page, alone or alongside your other content.
Simple PHP template function allows programmers to manually embed albums in any template or widget.
Built-in LightBox: Photos appear in attractive pop-up overlays without the need for any other plugins.
Admin panel handles all the setup for you: Just login and you’re ready to start making albums.
No custom database tables required; galleries live in regular post content.
For a Demo Gallery, see the plugin’s homepage.
Donate Many hours have gone into developing & maintaining this plugin, far beyond my own personal needs. If you find it useful, please consider making a donation to help support its continued development.
Privacy This plugin uses the Facebook API to fetch photo albums from Facebook. Facebook’s security rules require that apps must authorize from one specific, known location. In order comply with this requirement, when you first authorize the plugin from its admin panel, a Facebook dialog will be initiated via my own authentication server. The dialog itself is shown directly by Facebook, and Facebook handles the entire login process – no personal information will be transferred via my server, as Facebook only supplies a single-use token which I then hand back to your site to be stored. This is what the plugin uses in order to fetch the photos. For more information about how the Facebook authorization process works, please see Facebook’s documentation.
Usage of this plugin means the site administrator is consenting to Facebook’s data policy. Fetched album data will be stored in your WordPress database, in posts or pages of your choosing. It can be removed by deleting those posts or pages. You are solely responsible for the security and protection of the fetched data, as it resides on and is hosted within your own WordPress site.
Support Please direct all support requests here
Category rankings
As of Sep 7, 2026- Gallery#76of 595Top 13%
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Where Social Photo Fetcher stands in the Gallery category
Social Photo Fetcher ranks #76 of 595 apps in the Gallery category, placing it in the top 13% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Social Photo Fetcher?
Social Photo Fetcher is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.7-star rating from 12 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Gallery category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by JK.
Who uses Social Photo Fetcher?
Currently around 1,000 active stores have installed Social Photo Fetcher. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Gallery category on WordPress.
Where does Social Photo Fetcher rank on WordPress?
Social Photo Fetcher currently sits at position #76 in the Gallery category on WordPress. That places it in the top 13% of 595 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.