It started as a simple idea — I just wanted to build a clean, lightweight gallery for YouTube videos. Something easy to drop into a page without all the clutter that usually comes with big plugin dashboards.
As I worked through that first version, I started to see a bigger opportunity. The way schema markup connects images and videos to search engines and AI systems wasn’t really being used to its full potential. I wanted to change that — to make the process more accurate and automatic.
From there, it snowballed. The focus shifted to blending visual design, speed, and structured data into something seamless. I didn’t want just another gallery plugin. I wanted to build a tool that helped websites present their media in a way search engines could fully understand — all while staying fast and easy to use.
It took a lot of late nights building everything from scratch, from the plugin code to the licensing and payment systems. Claude and ChatGPT helped accelerate the process, not replace it. They made it easier to move faster because I understood how to course-correct along the way.
A project that could’ve consumed endless months of solo work ended up coming together with incredible momentum. It’s not just another WordPress plugin — it’s a reminder that when creativity, persistence, and AI combine, amazing things happen.
Welcome to the journey.
– Guy Phillips
Creator of Schema Gallery
https://schemagallery.com