Content management on the WordPress platform is amazing. However, it can become challenging to bring content from third-party platforms such as Google Docs.

But knowing the right integration methods can make things super easy for you. In this article, I’ll cover how you can directly publish Google Docs to WordPress.

If you are linked with content production, content management, or content marketing in any way and have to deal with Google Docs and WordPress, this article will be really helpful for you. Let’s get started right away!

Benefits of Google Docs and WordPress Integration

The benefits of integrating the two platforms are several. Let’s have a look at the top ones below:

1. Working On WordPress Directly Is a Hassle

With WordPress drafts, only one person can edit and access the draft at a time. So, the coordination becomes limited and time-consuming.

2. Collaboration Is Easier on Google Docs

All your team can work on a document simultaneously without any issues. Also, making comments and tracking activities is a pretty simple task as well.

3. You Can Circumvent the WordPress Permission Issues

If you have a team that should only produce content and nothing else, then you can have them work on Google Docs and avoid the need to give them access to the WordPress backend. All the collaboration and production can happen on Google Docs, and then a person can take it live on WordPress.

4. Google Docs Tracks Every Change

This is another reason to consider merging the two platforms. Because tracking edits and changes in WordPress is pretty difficult. But with Google Docs, you can track all the changes in real time, even if it’s as much as a full stop.

5. Google Docs is Preferred by Many Businesses

If you run an agency, then working with clients becomes super easy when you match Google Docs with WordPress. You can take inputs from the clients, and once the content pieces are finalized, you can go to WordPress to publish them.

Now, let’s move on to the methods you can use to transfer your content from Google Docs to WordPress.

Amazing Content + High Performing Websites = Better Ranks & Conversions!

Ensure that your high-quality content websites are backed by powerful managed hosting so that you can deliver top-tiered customer experience and enjoy better ranks on SERPs.

Try it for Free!

Publish From Google Docs to WordPress Manually

Let’s see how you can manually transfer your content from Google Docs to WordPress differently.

Manual Copy Pasting

In this method, you can simply copy the matter from the document and paste it on your WordPress back end. Let me show you an example of how it’s done:

This is the simplest method to take your content from Google documents to WordPress.

Limitations with this method: I only wish that copy-pasting from Google Docs into the WordPress backend was the easiest. Sadly it’s not. There are several issues that you’ll encounter in this method.

First, the images will not be copied. So, you’ll have to put them in manually.

Second, the HTML won’t be clean. You’ll have multiple problems with the formatting.

The span tags and the span style tags that you see make your code unnecessarily heavy and ruin the formatting. You’ll have to manually fix your code and remove these tags for better formatting.

The second limitation of this method is that pictures aren’t copied into the draft. So you’ll have to manually put them into your content pieces. The hassle is too much, and it can get frustrating at times.

Plus, without a basic understanding of HTML, you can blow up the code, and your final version will not be visually appealing.

There’s another manual method that you can explore to get the job done for you.

Downloading the Document as a Webpage and Uploading it

This is another method to manually upload your content from Google Docs to WordPress. This is where you first download your document as an HTML file and then upload it into your WordPress.

Below are the steps to follow.

Download your document as an HTML file.

File → Download → Web Page (.html. zipped)

Once done, go to the location where the file is downloaded and unzip the folder. Then go into the folder and open the HTML document in your browser. I’ve used Google Chrome in this example.

Then open the file, copy all the contents, and paste it into your WordPress backend. This method gave slightly better results, but honestly, I found this one too time-consuming as well. This method shares the same limitations as the previous one.

You’ll have to adjust the HTML code and put the pictures in manually.

My verdict for these methods: Use them only if you have text-based content with just one hero image that’ll be the banner for your content piece. But if your demands aren’t that straightforward, you must look into other methods.