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The two ways to show Facebook photos on your site, from your Photos page or from your page timeline, and how they differ.
Would you like to display photos from your Facebook Page in a feed on your WordPress site?
In this guide, we’ll show you two ways to build a photo feed with Custom Facebook Feed Pro, how to choose a grid or masonry layout, and what to do when photos look wrong or repeat.
Requirements: The Photos feed type and the post filters are part of the Plus and Elite license levels. The free plugin shows a link to the photo on Facebook instead of the photo itself.
Before you get started, make sure Custom Facebook Feed Pro is installed and activated on your WordPress site, with a Facebook Page connected as a source.
Here is what we will cover.
- Showing Photos From Your Photos Page
- Showing Photos From the Timeline
- Choosing the Photo Layout
- Loading Photos Faster With Optimize Images
- Frequently Asked Questions
Showing Photos From Your Photos Page
The Photos feed type pulls the photos from your Facebook Photos page. It shows them in a grid like the one on Facebook, or in a masonry layout.
To create a new Photos feed, go to Facebook Feed » All Feeds and click Add New.
- Under Select Feed Type, choose Photos. Then click Next.
- Choose the Facebook Page you want to show photos from. Then click Next. Photo feeds use Pages only, due to Facebook limitations.
- Continue through the remaining screens until the feed editor opens.
To change an existing feed to the Photos feed type, go to Facebook Feed » All Feeds and open the feed. Then click the Customize tab. Next, click Feed Type. After that, click Change. Then select Photos and click Update. Finally, click Save in the top right.
Note: If Photos shows an upgrade message when you click it, you need the Plus or Elite license level for photo feeds. See the requirements above.
Showing Photos From the Timeline
You can also keep the Timeline feed type and show only the posts that contain photos. This is useful when your feed already uses the Timeline feed type, or when you want to mix photos with other kinds of posts.
- Go to Facebook Feed » All Feeds and open the feed. Its feed type must be Timeline.
- Click the Settings tab. Then click Filters.
- Next to Show, select Only specified posts.
- Under Display posts with, every post type starts checked. Uncheck every post type except Single Photo and Multiple photos or an album.
- Click Save in the top right.
You can leave other boxes checked too, such as Video, to mix photos and videos in one feed.
Why check both photo boxes? When you add several photos at once, Facebook groups them into one album post, such as “added 10 photos to Timeline Photos”. Facebook doesn’t add each photo to your timeline separately.
The plugin shows the post it receives, so those posts only appear when Multiple photos or an album is checked.
Choosing the Photo Layout
To change how the photos are laid out, open the feed and click the Customize tab. Then click Feed Layout.
- Under Layout, choose List, Grid or Masonry. Grid only shows for the Photos, Videos, Albums and Single Album feed types, so a Timeline feed doesn’t offer it.
- Under Number of Posts, set how many photos to show on Desktop and on Mobile.
- Under Columns, choose how many columns to show on Desktop, Tablet and Mobile. Columns show for the Grid and Masonry layouts.
To change what happens when a visitor clicks a photo, use the Lightbox section in the same tab.
Since version 4.15.0, Next and Prev in the lightbox move through every item in the feed. That version also made album thumbnails load again.
Loading Photos Faster With Optimize Images
The Optimize Images setting creates several local copies of each image in different sizes. The plugin then shows the smallest copy based on the size of the feed.
To find it, go to Facebook Feed » Settings and click the Advanced tab. Next, turn on the toggle in the Optimize Images box. Then click Save Changes.
The setting turns on by itself when the GDPR setting is on.
Since version 4.15.0, with Optimize Images on, every photo in an album or multi-image post shows its own image instead of repeating the first one.
If photos don’t show up in your feed at all, read our guide on images that are not displaying in the feed.
That’s it! Your feed now shows photos from your Facebook Page. To learn more about showing videos, read our guide on displaying Facebook videos.
Frequently Asked Questions
Below, we’ve answered some of the most common questions about showing photos in a Facebook feed.
Can I show photos from a Facebook Group?
Photo feeds use a Facebook Page as the source. The plugin says this is due to Facebook limitations.
Why does the free plugin show a link instead of my photos?
In the free plugin, the Photos/Videos element needs a paid license, so the feed shows a link to the photo on Facebook instead. The Photos feed type needs the Plus or Elite license level.
Why don’t I see the Grid layout?
Grid only shows for the Photos, Videos, Albums and Single Album feed types, so a Timeline feed doesn’t offer it. For a grid of photos, use the Photos feed type from Showing Photos From Your Photos Page.
