Pic-Time Connect is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Pic-Time Connect is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by pictime. With a rating of 5.0★ from 2 reviews.
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Pic-Time Connect is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 2 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
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by pictime — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Pic-Time Connect works
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Pic-Time Connect automatically generates comprehensive image sitemaps for all your Pic-Time photo galleries, helping search engines discover and index your images for better SEO performance.
Key Features
🎯 Smart SEO Analysis – Automatically detects and processes Pic-Time galleries
📱 WordPress Integration – Seamlessly integrates with WordPress 5.5+ sitemap system
⚡ Performance Optimized – Focused data processing for faster sitemap generation
🔧 Selective Mode – Choose which galleries to include in sitemaps
🌐 Multiple Formats – Supports both standalone and WordPress-integrated sitemaps
🛡️ SEO Plugin Compatible – Works alongside popular SEO plugins
🔍 Robots.txt Management – Advanced troubleshooting and diagnostics tools
How It Works The plugin scans your posts and pages for Pic-Time gallery embed codes, extracts image data from the Pic-Time API, and generates XML sitemaps that search engines can easily crawl and index. This helps improve your images’ visibility in search results.
Sitemap Integration
WordPress Sitemap Integration: Images appear in your main WordPress sitemap index (/wp-sitemap.xml)
Standalone Sitemaps: Alternative endpoints for maximum compatibility
Robots.txt Integration: Automatically adds sitemap URLs to your robots.txt file
Robots.txt Management
Diagnostic Tool: One-click testing and automatic fix attempts
Platform-Specific Guides: Instructions for WordPress.com, WP Engine, Kinsta, and more
SEO Plugin Integration: Step-by-step guides for Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress, and others
Force Add Option: Override SEO plugin conflicts when needed
Selective Gallery Mode Control which galleries are included in your sitemaps using the data-pt-sitemap="true" attribute on gallery embed codes. Perfect for:
Privacy control for personal galleries
Improved performance with fewer galleries
Strategic SEO management
Developer Features
Comprehensive debug logging
Action hooks and filters for customization
SEO plugin compatibility detection
Maintenance tools for troubleshooting
External Services This plugin connects to external services provided by Pic-Time to function properly:
Pic-Time Update Service
Service: Pic-Time Plugin Update Server
URL: https://pictime1system.blob.core.windows.net/pictures/pt_wordpress_plugins/version.json
Purpose: To check for plugin updates and display notifications to administrators
Data Sent: Plugin version number and site URL (for compatibility checking)
When: Once daily via WordPress cron, or when manually checked by administrators
Privacy Policy: https://www.pic-time.com/privacy-policy
Terms of Service: https://www.pic-time.com/terms-of-service
Pic-Time Gallery API
Service: Pic-Time Image Data API
Purpose: To fetch image metadata from your Pic-Time galleries for sitemap generation
Data Sent: Gallery IDs extracted from your embed codes
When: When generating sitemaps or when pages containing Pic-Time galleries are processed
Privacy Policy: https://www.pic-time.com/privacy-policy
Terms of Service: https://www.pic-time.com/terms-of-service
This plugin only functions with existing Pic-Time gallery accounts and embed codes. No data is sent without your explicit configuration of Pic-Time galleries on your website.
Support For support with this plugin, please visit the Pic-Time support forum.
For Pic-Time account and gallery-related questions, please contact Pic-Time support.
Privacy Policy This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. It only processes publicly available image URLs from your Pic-Time galleries to generate search engine sitemaps.
Third-Party Services This plugin communicates with Pic-Time’s servers to retrieve image metadata for sitemap generation. Please review Pic-Time’s Privacy Policy for information about their data handling practices.
Development This plugin follows WordPress coding standards and best practices:
Full internationalization support with proper text domains
Secure coding practices with proper input validation and output escaping
WordPress filesystem API usage for file operations
Proper database query optimization with caching
SEO plugin compatibility detection and handling
Comprehensive error handling and logging
Technical Requirements
WordPress 5.0 or higher (5.5+ recommended for full sitemap integration)
PHP 7.4 or higher
Active Pic-Time galleries on your website
Public site visibility for robots.txt integration
Credits Developed by Shahaf Wieder with Claude AI assistance.
Special thanks to the Pic-Time team for API support and integration guidance.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Pic-Time Connect?
Pic-Time Connect is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by pictime.