Title: Google Drive
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Google Drive

 *  Resolved [Mr Wood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr-wood/)
 * (@mr-wood)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-1/)
 * Is it possible to embed Google documents. I’ve tried using the public url but
   I get an invalid file type error message.
 * Using Google docs would prevent the need to change the shortcode when the document
   is edited and enable me to control who is able to update which documents – a 
   massive time saver
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-document-embedder/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-document-embedder/)

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 *  [k3davis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k3davis/)
 * (@k3davis)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-1/#post-4059362)
 * Mr Wood,
 * This is addressed in the [FAQ](http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-document-embedder/faq/),“
   Does it work with files saved in Google Docs/Drive?”
 * In short, the answer is “no,” because the files must be in their native formats
   and accessible at a standard URL that includes their file type, not a shortened
   or otherwise cloud-bogus link to the file. However you might get the same net
   benefit by putting the files in Dropbox or something similar (that maintains 
   the original file extension in the URL) and controlling who can write to that.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/google-document-embedder_484848.svg)
 * [Google Doc Embedder](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-document-embedder/)
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 * Last reply from: [k3davis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k3davis/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-1/#post-4059362)
 * Status: resolved