Pic-Time Connect

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

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

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.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/pic-time-connect directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
3. Go to Tools → Pic-Time Connect to configure settings.
4. Your sitemaps will be automatically generated and integrated with WordPress sitemaps (if available).

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   Main admin interface showing sitemap URLs and system information

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   Plugin settings with selective gallery mode and WordPress integration options

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   SEO plugin compatibility detection and warnings

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   Maintenance tools for troubleshooting and updates

1.5.2

• Improved SEO plugin conflict resolution
• Replcaed links and text.

1.5.1

• Fixed modal functionality issues in admin interface
• Removed debug console logging
• Fixed WordPress.org compliance issues (inline styles/scripts)
• Improved variable escaping for security
• Enhanced modal CSS specificity to prevent theme conflicts

1.5.0

• Production Release: First stable production version
• Focused Data Sources: Now uses only Pic-Time API and legacy JSON data for improved performance
• WordPress Integration Default: WordPress sitemap integration enabled by default
• Update Checker: Added automatic and manual update checking system
• Streamlined Interface: Cleaned up admin interface with modal popups for help content
• Enhanced Performance: Faster processing with focused data sources
• Full Internationalization: Complete translation support added
• Rebranded: Changed from “Pic-Time Blog SEO Booster” to “Pic-Time Connect”
• WordPress Standards Compliance: Fixed all WordPress coding standards violations
• Security Enhancements: Improved input validation, output escaping, and nonce verification

Previous Versions

• Beta versions included WordPress sitemap integration, selective gallery mode, and comprehensive SEO optimizations
• This is the first stable public release