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Simple Google Docs Viewer

by Maor Chasen · Uncategorized

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

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 64/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

300+

Active installs

≈360 estimated

21.3K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.59★

Rating (adjusted)

3.1★ raw · 8 reviews

+42%

108

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.35, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 8/100
Rating quality 58/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3449 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+42% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

108

now · peak 177

10830d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Simple Google Docs V · #10819 you PDF Embedder · #191 EmbedPress · #428 PDF Poster · #1152

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.1Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

360per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

9.6y ago

latest release · v1.1

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 9.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 92%
v1.1 8.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈360

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-05-27 · 1,386 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 8 reviews

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5★
3 4★
1 3★
0 2★
2 1★
2

Details

Version
1.2
Last updated
9.4y ago
Added
2012-12-20 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.7.35
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ imfreednb
    8.0y ago

    not working This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by imfreednb. This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by imfreednb.

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  2. ★★★★★ Rahul Singh
    11.7y ago

    I tried to upload spreadsheet by this plugin but it showing me Apologies. There is no preview available.

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  3. ★★★★★ monoxine
    11.9y ago

    i tried on localhost, the plugin doesn’t work. It keeps telling “Sorry, we were unable to find the document at the original source. Verify that the document still exists. You can also try to download the original document by clicking here.” Is there anyone can help me?

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  4. ★★★★★ AJxzac
    12.4y ago

    i want to display the doc file if the post is doc or some other word file. if the post is text want to redirect to the post page

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  5. ★★★★★ TONY THOMAS
    12.6y ago

    Showing click here link. and when I click on that- the file is downloading instead of showing in browser…

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  6. ★★★★★ webphilosopher
    12.8y ago

    Use this plugin on a lot of sites. This plugin used to work great, but now a bunch of my sites are getting bandwidth warnings from Google, because I am using pdf format and not a Google doc format.

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  7. ★★★★★ rsc
    13.4y ago

    does not shows the google spreadsheet. It keeps giving a message saying that the spreadsheet could not be shown and also gives a link to download the spreadsheet. If you click in the link, the spreadsheet appears. So, the plugin for my spreadsheet (public one) requires the user to click in that download link to work….

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  8. ★★★★★ Braintrash
    13.4y ago

    Sorry, tired, wrong plugin. Feel free to shoot me.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-01-20 400+ → 300+ down after 442 days in tier
  2. 2024-11-04 500+ → 400+ down after 331 days in tier
  3. 2023-12-09 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2023-12-08 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-12-07 600+ → 500+ down after 251 days in tier
  6. 2023-03-31 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2023-03-30 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
  8. 2023-03-27 700+ → 600+ down

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