{"id":4092,"date":"2017-12-06T17:48:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susanta.org\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2021-09-04T07:41:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T02:11:24","slug":"connect-google-docs-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susanta.org\/connect-google-docs-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect Google Docs to Your Self-hosted WordPress Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you\u2019re a self-hosted WordPress<\/a> user who turns to Google Docs to write blog posts on a daily basis (just like me), you know the drill.<\/p>\n After writing your draft and proofreading on Google Docs, you have to copy and paste the content into WordPress Visual Editor and clean up the extra formatted code manually.<\/p>\n While WordPress Visual Editor has an option to \u201cclear the formatting\u201d, it\u2019s limited to what it can actually clean up. When you click Text Editor, you will see your paragraphs are wrapped in extra code and styles that you don\u2019t really need.<\/p>\n You can\u2019t leave that behind as the extra code will increase the page weight especially when you have too many paragraphs in your article.<\/p>\n The only option for you is to remove those styles manually. This is not only time-consuming but frustrating as well.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for a solution, here are four options you can try to connect Google Docs to WordPress.<\/p>\n This method adds a \u201cSAVE\u201d button to your Google Docs and lets you save your work on your WordPress blog automatically.<\/p>\n Requirements for this Method: <\/b><\/p>\n To begin with, install and activate the Jetpack plugin<\/a> on your WordPress blog. Then click on \u201cConnect to WordPress.com\u201d button to connect your self-hosted WordPress blog to your WordPress.com account.<\/p>\n Head over to your Chrome browser, search and install this Chrome extension developed by the Automatic team. When prompted, click on \u201cAllow\u201d button to let the Chrome extension to access your documents.<\/p>\n In your Google Docs, click on \u201cAdd-ons\u201d in the toolbar and then visit \u201cWordPress.com to<\/b> Google Docs > Open<\/b>. Once you choose the open option, the chrome extension will ask you to choose the blog (if you have multiple blogs) you want Google Docs to connect with. Once done, you can see panel on the right-hand side of your Google Docs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, you\u2019re all set to send your content on Google Docs to your WordPress blog without worry about doing any frustrating copy-paste or clean-up job.<\/p>\n All you have to do is write your draft and click on the \u201cSAVE\u201d button.<\/p>\n Downside of this Method: <\/b><\/p>\n While this method makes it easy for you to connect your Google Docs to your WordPress blog, the Jetpack plugin can slow down your site a bit since it will send extra requests to your servers. If you\u2019re already using Jetpack plugin on your blog or don\u2019t care about page speed, it shouldn\u2019t bother you. Moreover, it doesn’t export the fine name of your images. To do that, you need to upload them manually to your media folder. Perhaps, Jetpack should fix this issue in the next rollout.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not comfortable with the idea of installing Jetpack plugin and\/or Chrome add-on, there\u2019s a workaround which will save you tons of time it takes you to remove those additional styles in the WordPress Text Editor manually.<\/p>\nOption #1: Using Jetpack Chrome Extension<\/h2>\n
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Option #2: Copy-Paste Method: Cleaning Up Extra Code<\/h2>\n