Link to photo from shared google photos not working

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  nampara17 · Member · April 13, 2026 at 10:40 am

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  If I insert a markdown link to a shared photo from Google Photos, the photo does not display?

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  nampara17 · Member · April 22, 2026 at 5:12 pm

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  ummmmm anyone?

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  staff-lynn · Staff · April 23, 2026 at 5:15 pm

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  Hi @nampara17,

  Simplenote does not support insertion of photos and other media.

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  nampara17 · Member · April 24, 2026 at 10:32 am

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  That’s not true. I am not inserting a photo – I am linking to a public photo. Using standard MarkDown you can add photos anywhere you like.

  ![Alt text](image-url)

  The link is a public link to a photo on Google Photos that is accessible. I can link to any other photo using the standard markdown notation, why not this location?

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  staff-jennywp · Staff · May 11, 2026 at 10:41 pm

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  Hello nampara17 ,

  Did your link end in .jpg or .png, for example? The “Get Link” URL from Google Photos points to a viewer page, not the image file itself. Since it’s an HTML page and not a direct image, no Markdown renderer can display it as an image.

  To get a direct image URL from Google Photos:

  1. Open the shared photo link in your browser.
  2. Right-click the image and select “Copy image address” (or “Open image in new tab” and copy that URL).
  3. Use that URL in your Markdown, for example: ![My photo](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/...)

  These direct links should persist as long as the photo remains shared. For a guaranteed-stable link, hosting the image on a service like Imgur that provides permanent direct URLs is another option.

  For more on using Markdown in Simplenote, see: https://simplenote.com/help/#markdown

  Cheers!

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  nampara17 · Member · May 12, 2026 at 9:55 am

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  great thanks for getting back to me – that sounds very logical and I’ll give it a go.