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1. rotr83
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Call me crazy, but I just assumed that Google Docs could be embedded with this plugin into WP pages/posts. Am I right in assuming this would work?

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-document-embedder/

2. k3davis
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Not crazy, and a common misconception that I regret. It's called Google Doc Embedder because it uses the Google Docs Viewer, but changes after Google made this service publicly available made Google Docs themselves difficult or impossible to embed in this way. Officially in the documentation, I disavow support for this at all because of the complexity of doing so, though some get it to work with much fussing.

   You're better off using the documents from your own server with this viewer. I'm sorry for the (justifiable) confusion caused.

3. rotr83
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thanks so much for the reply. You've saved me a lot of grief trying to figure the answer out through trial and error.

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