Title: Google Drive
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Google Drive

 *  Resolved [idealynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idealynx/)
 * (@idealynx)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-9/)
 * Not sure I understand how Google Drive works with UpdraftPlus. [https://updraftplus.com/support/configuring-google-drive-api-access-in-updraftplus/](https://updraftplus.com/support/configuring-google-drive-api-access-in-updraftplus/)
 * Are you saying I need to create a New Project for every WordPress website I need
   to backup using UpdraftPlus and Google Drive? Dos that also hold true for both
   live and development copies?
 * Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [aporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aporter/)
 * (@aporter)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-9/#post-7610258)
 * Hi Idealynx,
 * For each WordPress installation you have it should connect to a new Google Drive
   API Project.
 * This is to avoid problems in the future such as UpdraftPlus randomly being unable
   to connect to Google Drive.
 * It is unknown why this happens and maybe a glitch on Google Drives side.
 * It is best to create the different API projects now and avoid future problems.
 * Thanks,
 * Ashley
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-9/#post-7610259)
 * > It is unknown why this happens and maybe a glitch on Google Drives side.
 * Google have unpublished limits on token requests. That is, they publish that 
   limits exist, but not what the limits are. They do this because they wish to 
   discourage mass use of Google Drive (they prefer non-consumers / people handling
   business data to look at Google Cloud instead). Experience/trial-and-error shows
   that you’re less likely to hit the limits by using multiple projects.
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [idealynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idealynx/)
 * (@idealynx)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-9/#post-7610272)
 * Yeah, I tried setting up Google Drive and I just couldn’t get it to work consistently.
   However, when coupled with DropBox, UpdraftPlus appears to be rock solid. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [idealynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idealynx/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-drive-9/#post-7610272)
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