Embed Files from Google Drive
Browse for Google Drive documents and embed directly in your posts/pages. Extends Google Apps Login plugin so no extra user auth required.
The facts
- Rating
- 4★ from 48
- Active installs
- 4k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 9 May 2025
- Added
- Jan 2014
- Requires WP
- 5.5
- Tested up to
- WP 6.8.8
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- Downloads
- 320,454
Our analysis
AI-assistedEmbed Files from Google Drive is a WordPress plugin that allows you to embed documents directly from your Google Drive into your posts or pages. You can choose to display documents inline using Google’s interactive viewer or provide links for users to download or edit files. The plugin is designed for public websites or private intranets, provided that the document sharing settings in Google Drive are appropriately configured.
This plugin is suitable for users who need to integrate Google Drive documents into their WordPress site easily. It supports various file types, including PDFs, Word documents, and images, and works across all WordPress installations, including multisite networks.
Best for: This plugin is best for users who want to share Google Drive documents on their WordPress site.
What it does well
- ✓Easy access to Google Drive documents in a popup box
- ✓Supports embedding various file types including PDFs and images
- ✓Allows inline display or links for downloading files
- ✓Works on all WordPress installations, including multisite networks
Where it falls short
- •Requires Google Apps Login plugin for functionality
- •Embedding folders requires premium or enterprise version
- •Document sharing settings must be configured in Google Drive
Verdict
Embed Files from Google Drive provides a straightforward way to integrate Google Drive content into WordPress. It is useful for those needing to share documents easily, though some features are limited to premium versions.
From the developer
Syed Balkhi's own description of Embed Files from Google Drive, lightly tidied.
Embedder For Google Drive gives authors easy access to their Google Drive in a popup box, where they can select documents to embed directly into their post or page. Just as easily as picking a photo from the WordPress media gallery.
Documents can be embedded in-line, using Google’s read-only interactive viewer for your audience to read them. Documents can also be placed in your site as links to open up editable files (either in the same or a new browser tab), or downloaded straight to the computer.
You will need to set document sharing settings to ensure your website viewers have access to view your documents (e.g. at least ‘anyone with the link can view’ to be visible to all visitors).
This plugin requires that you also install the free (or premium/enterprise) version of the popular Google Apps Login plugin
Displays many file types such as PDF, Word DOC, ZIP, Videos, Images etc plus native Google docs (Spreadsheet, Drawing, Forms, etc). Step through a list of your Drive files or search to find the one you’re looking for.
Choose from:
- Viewer file link – full page Google viewer and editor
- Download file link – directly download file to your computer (disabled for native Google doc formats)
- Embed document – display most file types inline in your posts or pages (non-Google file types need sharing settings at least ‘anyone with the link can view’)
Useful for public websites or private intranets (all visitors should be able to view files as long as sharing settings are ‘anyone with the link can view’ or higher in Google Drive).
Works on all WordPress installations including multisite networks.
Please note that to embed folders you will require the Premium or Enterprise version of this plugin.
Paid versions and Support
You can also purchase the premium or enterprise versions of Embedder For Google Drive, including support.
The Premium version contains some important extra features:
- Browse My Drive, Recent Files, Starred, and Shared With Me tabs to locate Drive files the way you’re used to.
- Embed Folders: simply keep your Google Drive folder up-to-date with your files, and your staff or website visitors will always be able to view a list of the latest documents.
- Google Calendars: pick from your Google Calendars and provide download links to ICAL or XML, or embed them directly in your site.
- Support and updates for one year.
Premium – See details and purchase
The Enterprise version integrates Google Drive much more closely with your WordPress intranet, essentially allowing each
page or post on your intranet to host its own file attachments, completely backed by Drive.
This means you no longer need to manage Drive and your Intranet as two completely separate document sharing systems!