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.
Screenshots
Main admin interface showing sitemap URLs and system information
Plugin settings with selective gallery mode and WordPress integration options
Robots.txt management with diagnostic tools and troubleshooting guides
SEO plugin compatibility detection and warnings