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The guideline for embedding a sheet from Google Docs in Wordpress

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The guideline for embedding a sheet from Google Docs in Wordpress will be a perfect match for those who want to figure out the way to attach a sheet to your blog in Wordpress.

For someone who does not know, Google Sheets is a spreadsheet program. Google offers it as a part of a free, web-based software office suite together with Google Drive. Users can create, edit and also upload spreadsheets online at their convenience.

I won't make you wait by going straight to the article: The guideline for embedding a sheet from Google Docs in Wordpress

1. Change your sheet's privacy

2. Embed a sheet

1. Change your sheet's privacy

Before start embedding your Google Sheets into WordPress, you have to assure that its privacy is public. Because only by being published publicly, your post is available for others to see. If it is not, then you are the only one who can see your own post.

In case you don't know how just go to Google Sheets, then login via your Gmail Account. Thanks to your Gmail Account, you are able to create your new spreadsheet or even upload a new one from your computer.

Afterwards, in order to change its privacy into Public, look at the top of the screen and click the share link. Now you have your sheet ready to be attached to your blog.

2. Embed a sheet

The next step is to open the spreadsheet that you want to be inserted and hit a click on File section, there will be a dropdown menu. Look at the bottom of the box and select Publish to the web.

The guideline for embedding a sheet from Google Docs in Wordpress

As usual, click the Publish button to get a link. There will be a dialog box appears with an OK button after clicking on the Publish button.

As a result, a link will be generated, your spreadsheet will be published and you can use this URL to insert it for your WordPress Site.

The guideline for embedding a sheet from Google Docs in Wordpress

After that, all you have to do is copy the code at the Embed section then paste it into the appropriate section of your blog in Wordpress.

The guideline for embedding a sheet from Google Docs in Wordpress

One more thing to remember, make sure that your URL ends in /pubhtml. If it doesn't, the functionality will not work.

In case you paste the URL into a different browser where your Google account has not logged in yet, there will be two possibilities for you. First thing is that you are still able to see the spreadsheet. In case you can’t, check your spreadsheet again because it might be published to the web in the wrong form.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I have shown you all the necessary information about embedding a sheet from Google Docs in Wordpress. As most of the embedding tutorials on Wordpress, this one is also simple and easy to follow.

If you still have trouble while practicing, send us questions about your problems via email. Last but not least, don't forget to leave comments or feedback for us so that we can improve our article's quality.

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