4WP Drive

4WP Drive connects a Google Drive folder workflow to WordPress: writers drop documents in Drive, editors review them in an admin Inbox, and approved content becomes draft posts—without copy-paste. A plugin by 4wp.dev. Perfect for

• Editorial teams that draft in Google Docs but publish in WordPress
• Agencies with a shared Drive incoming/ folder and a review step before publish
• Content pipelines that need structured front-matter (title, slug, categories, SEO fields) parsed from the doc header
• Sites that want API credentials stored encrypted and OAuth handled server-side

How it works

1. Install and activate 4WP Drive.
2. Create Google OAuth credentials and connect Drive in Storage sources.
3. Set your Drive root folder ID; the plugin uses incoming/ and published/ subfolders.
4. Drop a Google Doc (with optional image) into incoming/ or run Sync.
5. Open Inbox → Preview → Import as Draft or Reject.
6. On import, files move to published/ in Drive.

Key features

• Google Drive OAuth — connect an admin Google account; tokens stored encrypted
• Folder sync — scan incoming/ for new Google Docs and images
• Admin Inbox — preview HTML, import as draft, or reject
• Document template — front-matter lines before a separator (--- or =====) map to post fields; body becomes post content (headings, lists, bold preserved)
• Configurable field map — title, slug, categories, tags, author, dates, SEO meta (when supported)
• Featured image — import image from the same Drive subfolder
• REST API + WP-CLI wp forwp-drive sync for manual sync
• Roadmap sources — GitHub Markdown/MDX and additional storage providers registered for future releases

Privacy OAuth tokens and Google API credentials are stored in your WordPress database (encrypted). Document content is fetched from Google Drive only when an administrator runs sync or import. No visitor-facing tracking. 4WP is our project brand; the letters "WP" appear only as part of that brand name, not as a reference to WordPress. This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by WordPress. Source code: github.com/4wpdev/4wp-drive Development Human-readable PHP source is in the public GitHub repository above. The plugin ZIP includes src/ (PSR-4 autoload via src/Autoload.php when vendor/ is absent). No npm build step — admin scripts ship as plain JS in assets/. Run tests: composer install && composer test && composer run lint

1. Upload the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/4wp-drive/ or install from the Plugins screen.
2. Activate 4WP Drive.
3. Open 4WP Drive → Storage sources (or Documentation for the setup guide).
4. Paste Client ID and Client Secret from Google Cloud Console → Save credentials.
5. Click Connect Google Drive, then enter your Drive root folder ID and save subfolders.
6. Use Inbox to preview and import documents.

Optional: define FORWP_DRIVE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, FORWP_DRIVE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, or FORWP_DRIVE_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI in wp-config.php.

1.0.2

• Inbox: single Sync from Drive button (replaces separate refresh control).
• OAuth: detect expired or revoked tokens on Inbox/Settings load; show reconnect notice before sync.
• WordPress.org listing assets: icons, banners, and screenshots.

1.0.1

• Plugin review: remove unnecessary core file include; load wp-admin image helpers only when generating attachment metadata.

1.0.0

• First WordPress.org release: Google Drive OAuth, folder sync, inbox, draft import, field mapping, WP-CLI sync.
• Plugin Check fixes: i18n translators, redirect URI copy, OAuth error messages, readme External services.

0.1.0

• Internal MVP.