Title: Google viewer support
Last modified: August 27, 2017

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# Google viewer support

 *  Resolved [jordicomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jordicomas/)
 * (@jordicomas)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-viewer-support/)
 * You mentioned in the google docs embedder that Google may not support their read
   only viewer?
 * If I understand, that means that google docs or sheets one makes in one’s own
   drive may not be viewable on a wordpress page with your useful plugins?
 * Any idea the probability that might happen? What would we all do? Convert anything
   to pdf?

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 *  [danlester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danlester/)
 * (@danlester)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-viewer-support/#post-9446590)
 * Thanks for this question. To recap for others, there is an old plugin called ‘
   Google Document Embedder’ that I have mentioned Google doesn’t seem too keen 
   to support indefinitely, and a newer plugin called ‘Google Drive Embedder’.
 * The ‘problem’ with Google Document Embedder is that it is a completely anonymous
   service. Anyone on the internet can embed documents into their web page through
   it, with the files served from any publicly-accessible URL.
 * By contrast, the Drive plugin allows authenticated Google users to upload their
   files, probably to a paid or at least registered Google Drive and embed them 
   from there.
 * In the second case, the user is paying or at least known and authenticated to
   Google. In the first case, they are opening their viewer to the general internet
   without any terms of service.
 * I hope this highlights why I feel Google has a duty to ‘Drive’ users that doesn’t
   exist for the ‘Document’ users. In the past, we have seen Google make unannounced
   changes/restrictions to the public ‘Document’ viewer. Fair enough really – the
   viewer just ‘exists’ out there on the internet!
 * I can’t personally guarantee they will support the ‘Drive’ mode either, but there
   is clearly much more recourse since you are a known user to Google.
 * I hope this makes sense! Please email [contact@wp-glogin.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-viewer-support/contact@wp-glogin.com?output_format=md)
   with any further questions. I may not pick up replies here.
 * Thanks,
 * Dan
 *  Thread Starter [jordicomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jordicomas/)
 * (@jordicomas)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-viewer-support/#post-9448917)
 * It does. Thanks. Seems the drive embedded allows for accessibility but without
   the problems of the anonymous viewer (if I understand the technical side).
 * Your plugins are super-useful!

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 * Last reply from: [jordicomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jordicomas/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-viewer-support/#post-9448917)
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