Title: Table Auto Update Extension
Last modified: September 10, 2016

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# Table Auto Update Extension

 *  Resolved [gatta2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatta2/)
 * (@gatta2)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-auto-update-extension/)
 * Does the Table Auto Update Extension 1.2 work with the latest version of Tablepress?
   Does it need cron to work? It doesn’t seem to work in our site.

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-auto-update-extension/#post-8170061)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Yes, I have seen it work on many sites. And yes, it requires a working cron system.
   Unless you are using a server side cron job, this basically means that your site
   needs active visitors.
    Also, please make sure that the manual import from the
   desired sources works.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [tariq_abedin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tariq_abedin/)
 * (@tariq_abedin)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-auto-update-extension/#post-8213156)
 * Hi,
 * I am using TablePress and installed Table Auto Update Extension 1.2 to import
   from google sheet. I followed all the instruction but when I try to save, my 
   page shows error and saying This site can’t be reached..or forbidden message.
 * Do I need to donate to make it work or please help me.
 * Tariq
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-auto-update-extension/#post-8213508)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * No, this has nothing to with making a donation 🙂
 * You will simply have to make sure that you use the correct URL to the CSV file
   from Google. Also, your server must support external HTTP requests. Some server
   use security features like mod_security to block this.
 * Is this import working manually (i.e. without the Table Auto Update Extension)?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [tariq_abedin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tariq_abedin/)
 * (@tariq_abedin)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-auto-update-extension/#post-8213539)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * Thanks for your reply. Yes, the import is working great manually but not with
   the url to the csv file from google. And I followed the below instruction from
   [http://www.wpsnippets.com/2015/03/auto-import-a-google-drive-sheet-csv-into-tablepress-using-automatic-periodic-table-import/](http://www.wpsnippets.com/2015/03/auto-import-a-google-drive-sheet-csv-into-tablepress-using-automatic-periodic-table-import/)
 * Download, install and enable the TablePress Automatic Periodic Table Import extension.
   Please note this is a premium plugin and so I would strongly encourage you to
   make a donation to Tobias Bäthge if you find it useful (the current recommended
   amount is $18).
    Login to Google Docs and open the sheet you wish to export. 
   Click on File → Share → Anyone with the link can view to ensure the extension
   can access the sheet; simply enabling File → Publish to the web does not always
   work for the .csv format as this only makes the HTML output public, but not the.
   csv version. Copy the URL of the sheet, which should have the following format(
   where YOUR_DOCUMENT_KEY is the ID of your Google Sheet): [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/YOUR_DOCUMENT_KEY/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/YOUR_DOCUMENT_KEY/edit?usp=sharing)
 * Paste the URL into the Source field for the relevant table and replace:
    edit?
   usp=sharing with
 * export?format=csv
    The final format is as follows: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/YOUR_DOCUMENT_KEY/export?format=csv](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/YOUR_DOCUMENT_KEY/export?format=csv)
 * Click the check-box to activate the Auto Import, set how frequently this should
   occur and save changes.
 * So do not know…
 * Tariq
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-auto-update-extension/#post-8214040)
 * Hi,
 * this tutorial is correct and it should work. The problem then probably is your
   server which sends these “Forbidden” server errors. To find out more about those,
   I can only suggest that you contact your webhost and ask them to check the server
   error log files.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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