How to Change iPhone or iPad Wallpaper Automatically

Dec. 8, 2020

No matter howbeautiful a wallpapermay look, it tends to lose charm after a while. And when that happens, your eyes feel like facing the same dull home/lock screen time and time again out of sheer boredom. Though iOS offers a straightforward way to set a wallpaper, the lack of an option to change iPhone or iPad wallpaper automatically has never failed topuzzleme. Literally. Is there any workaround to make it happen? Turns out, you can set your favorite wallpapers to change automatically thanks to a tedious yet pretty reliable hack!

Automatically Change your iPhone or iPad Wallpaper with Just a Tap

So, how does this hack work, and more importantly, what are the requirements for it? Well, it requires you to create a photo album with all the images that you want to use as the wallpaper of your device. After that, you need to permitthe shortcutcalled “Wallpaper” to access the album and cycle through all the images. Then, add the shortcut to the home screen.

Next up, you need to add the “Wallpaper” Shortcut to the Shortcuts app. As it’s available from an untrusted source, you have to take a little different route to add it to the library.

To do it, launchSafarion your iPhone or iPad and thenhead over to this link. After that, tap on the“Add Untrusted Shortcut”. From now onwards, this shortcut will show up in theMy Shortcutssection in the Shortcuts app.

It’s time to allow the “Wallpaper” shortcut to use the Photos Album. With permission to the album, the shortcut will automatically cycle through the selected images every time you tap on it.

2. Now, tap on“My Shortcuts” tabat the bottom.

3. Next, tap on thethree dotsin the “Wallpaper” shortcut’s upper right corner.

4. Next up, tap on the“Allow Access”at the bottom. After that, a popup will appear saying,“Wallpaper would like to access your photo. Whenever you run this shortcut, Wallpaper will be able to access your photos.”Make sure to tap onOKto confirm.

Once you have allowed the Wallpaper shortcut to access your photo album, add it to the home screen. It’s done to not only access it with ease but also change the iPhone or iPad wallpaper with just a quick tap.

2. Now, tap on the“My Shortcuts”tab at the bottom left corner of the screen.

3. Next, touch and hold theWallpaper shortcutand then select“Share”in the menu.

4. Next up, tap on“Add to Home Screen”.

5. Up next, you can selecta nice-looking iconfor your shortcut, give it a suitable name, and hitAdd. To keep things simple, let the name remain“Wallpaper.”

What do you think of this shortcut? And more importantly, whether or not would you like to give it a shot on your iOS device? Feel free to shoot your feedback in the comments down below. Also, don’t forget to check our article onautomatically changing lock screen wallpaper on Androidif you own an Android smartphone.

An old school bibliophile who turned a tech nerd out of obsession. When he is not digging into hacks and tracking down stories that are breaking the internet, you may find him reciting poems.