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Okay, so you’ve written an awesome doc, created a killer presentation, made some nifty calculations in a spreadsheet or made a fillable form on Google Docs.
Now, you want to embed that Google Doc into a blog post. What to do?
Use this plugin!
Simply enter in the Google Docs shortcode into your blog post and presto, the doc should embed into your blog post!
To view a tutorial on how to use the shortcode, <a href="http://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/google-docs-shortcode#google-docs-shortcode" rel="nofollow ugc">read this</a>.

Google Docs Shortcode

Easily embed a Google Doc into your blog posts

Maor Chasen

Miriam Schwab

Easily embed documents supported by Google Docs (PDF/DOC/DOCX/PPTX/etc)with a simple shortcode <code>[gviewer]</code>
Ex. [gviewer file=”https://example.com/thisismyfile.pdf”]
A full list of attributes:
<ul>
<li><code>file</code> — Required. The URL of the file you wish to show</li>
<li><code>width</code> — Optional. The desired width of the viewer in pixels. If no width is set, the value of the theme’s <code>$content_width</code> will be used. If no value is set, the width will default to 600 px.</li>
<li><code>height</code> — Optional. The desired height of the viewer in pixels. If height is set, the height will 1.2 times the width. For example, if the width is 100 px, the height will be 120 px.</li>
<li><code>language</code> — The language of the document. If the document is written in a right-to-left (RTL) language (like Hebrew and Arabic), specifying the language will apply RTL settings.</li>
</ul>
Another way to embed a Google Document is by using the template tag provided by the plugin in the source code. Here’s an example:
<pre><code><?php

echo simple_gviewer_embed( 'https://.../file.pdf', $args );
</code></pre>
The second argument, <code>$args</code>, is an associative array. Keys can be found in the list above.
<h4>Short Demonstration</h4>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aU1Ekd2D-kI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>

Simple Google Docs Viewer

Easily embed documents like PDFs, Word documents, and Powerpoint in your site using Google Docs Viewer.

Google Docs Shortcode vs Simple Google Docs Viewer