I was looking for a way to integrate Google Photos into the WP (wordpress) media library of a self-hosted WP site. I know this is possible with a [WP.com](http://WP.com) site, but can’t make it work for a self-hosted site. One support volunteer at [wp.org](http://wp.org) said that [wp.com](http://wp.com) can be used to manage your self-hosted site; he sent me this screenshot
[https://imgur.com/a/uBtKS7g](https://imgur.com/a/uBtKS7g)that shows [wp.com](http://wp.com) (look in the url) admin panel ‘administering’ his self-hosted site (geoXXX.com). (I blurred out the details as I don’t have his permission to use the info). I’ve asked him for more info but he’s been silent for 2 months.
So does anyone know how to set this up?
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EDIT TO ADD:
Further reading suggests this is achieved through Jetpack. This is from the Jetpack website:
>Jetpack is **a plugin that allows you to use features we developed on** [**WordPress.com**](http://WordPress.com) **on your self-hosted website through the Jetpack plugin**. Since these features were built for [WordPress.com](http://WordPress.com) sites, we need to connect your site **via the Jetpack plugin** to a [WordPress.com](http://WordPress.com) account
So – I go look for the ‘jetpack plugin’ and there are at least 8! I guess I’ll try “Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, and Growth – Improve your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup, WAF, and malware scan. Includes free tools like stats, CDN and social sharing.”
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Yep, that was it – the jetpack plugin I tried worked. It tries to install a massive amount of stuff, but if you say ‘no’ to everything, you can just get the basics and now I can log into a [wp.com](http://wp.com) account and load google photos into my self-hosted wp site. The purpose of this is, when I’m traveling and on slow / expensive connections, I don’t have to transfer images from my laptop to my site as they are already stored in Google Photos.
Why the downvotes?