- Category rank
- #16 in Embed
- Listing audit
- 49/100
Embed Files from Google Drive is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Syed Balkhi. With a rating of 4.0★ from 48 reviews, it currently ranks #16 in the Embed category.
Embed Files from Google Drive is the #16 ranked Embed app on WordPress, with a 4.0 average rating from 48 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
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Embed Files from Google Drive ranks #16 of 453 in Embed on WordPress. It holds a 4.0★ average from 48 reviews on WordPress.
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- No standout positives in the measured data.
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- −Only 48 reviews — the average can still move with a few new ratings
How Embed Files from Google Drive works
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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.