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accounts.google.com refuses connection in preview.
“ERR_BLOCKED_BY_RESPONSE”
How to repair that?
That sound like a sharing permission issue. In order to preview files, the files need to have the sharing permission of at least ‘Anyone with link can view’. Could you check if the Manage Permission setting is enabled on the main plugin settings page so the plugin can update the permissions if needed?
If that doesn’t help, feel free to create a support ticket via the link below so we can have a closer look at it.
- Floris
Hi, _DeLeeuw!
It’s just some kind of black humor, with every update getting worse and worse. Can you just make a reliable, working plugin for stable downloading files from google drive?
Now it’s getting to the point where you select a file, click to download and wait at least 30-40 seconds, nothing happens. But then suddenly opens 2-3 windows (sometimes more) to download the file.
Understand, all the decorations, animations and other garbage is good when the basic functions work perfectly.
The idea is great, but it needs to be done humanly. Before the download didn’t work, now the upload glitches…
I don’t know, maybe break it up into separate blocks. For example my users don’t need photo galleries, audio and video player, but they need a stable and convenient file download.
Thank You
Thanks for your feedback! Updates should obviously move things forward, so I understand your frustration here. However, I haven’t received any similar reports about the issue you describe, so feel free to create a support ticket via the link below so we can investigate it for you asap.
- Floris
Hello
Thank you for your plugin! But I have such a problem with caching system: I share a folder with many subfolders and often when users enter a folder just a small portion of subfolders is displayed (maybe some slow connection with google drive?) After it happens this portion always remains (taken from cache?) without showing many other subfolders. It CAN’T be helped with refresh Icon. Only “Purge Cache” from admin Tools can solve it. But users can’t use Admin Panel. Can you suggest a way to solve this? Is it possible to make “Refresh” icon to purge the cache? (i can copy paste .php code if needed) Or can I use “Syncronize via WP-Cron” ? (like purging cache every 10 min or something.. but i guess “Refresh” could be better way) Thank you in advance for any suggestion!
I am not sure what exactly is causing this behavior as pressing the refresh button should indeed clear the cache as you expect. Could you perhaps create a support ticket so we can figure out what is going on?
- Floris
Ok, shall create. Could you point where are the “Refresh” button handler and where is “Purge Cache” button handler (in source code) so i could verify why they are working very different?
I received your support ticket and I advise you to first update the plugin to the latest version. Older versions can contain bugs that are already fixed. If the issue persists after updating, we can continue investigating the problem via your ticket.
- Floris
Hi there, have been using your plugin for a while now, it’s great.
I have a request/suggestion:
The private folders link, please can we have the option to apply that link to the folder that comes up when you select a file for a WooCommerce product download. It would save some time for those with a lot of files…
Or perhaps the plugin could remember which folder we were last in (per user).
Or maybe a “create shortcut” or “default folder” option?
Hope you can consider that 
Thanks for your feedback! I will immediately implement the ‘Private Folders in WP Admin’ for the WooCommerce file/folder selector as well, so you will see this appear in the next update of the plugin.
Besides that, I will check if it is feasible to remember the folder location as well in the session of the browser. That might take some more time to develop, but I will put it on the feature request list!
Many thanks for you sharing your ideas!
- Floris
when downloading file via use your drive at https://www1.javhoho.com, I cannot access any more pages of this website. need wait for the file download to complete in order to continue to be able to access the site
Download method: Use your Server as proxy (slow)
Thanks for your question! If you are using the download method ‘Use your Server as proxy’, your server will stream the contents of the file to the users browser instead of letting Google servers deliver the content. That will cause a high CPU load for large files, and depending on your server configuration, that might block other requests to your server during the download.
If it isn’t possible for you to use the ‘redirect’ download method, feel free to create a support ticket to see if we can find a solution for you.
- Floris
Possible to share images with the image gallery?
Sure! You share a link to the image on Google Drive itself and share a deeplink to the image itself on your site. See for an example the Gallery demo page .
- Floris
Will this script bypass Google drive video Views Limit if I embed it to my streaming site.
The Use-your-Drive Video Player uses the Google Drive API to stream your media files. The API has a ‘Fair Use Policy’ for downloading and streaming content. This means that you will not encounter any problems with normal usage. However, if you have high traffic volume on your site downloading and streaming files via the plugin, you can indeed encounter API/download limits. In that case Google will throttle the traffic.
If it is an option for you to switch to a different Cloud solution, you could take a look at the Dropbox or Box solutions of the same plugin. For instance, Dropbox Free (Basic) has a limitation of 20 GB/day and the Pro & Business accounts have a limit of 200 GB/day.
- Floris
Can i limit space in term of GB for a user? Lets say. I assign 200 GB to user 1 and 500 GB to user 2..
Thanks for your question! This plugin doesn’t support quotas mainly because the Drive API doesn’t provide size information for folders. So the plugin basically can’t check the size of the user folder. The other plugin version (OneDrive/Box/Dropbox) do support quotas, but you can only set it to one value in general. That means that you can only set it to 200GB or 500GB for both users.
- Floris
Pre purchase question. I’m using ACF to build my site and Elementor and I’m wondering if this plugin will work with ACF?
The plugin doesn’t have any integration into ACF, so if you want to use the plugin in combination with ACF functionality you will have to develop this. If you need some assistance with that, feel free to share your ideas via a support ticket so we can discuss the possibilities.
- Floris
Hello! I want to sell some video files. So if I choose to host the video files in Google Drive and from WooCommerce I will create a virtual product can I use the Google Drive instead of my hosting space to link that file as is local? Thank you!
Yes, that is indeed possible!
Feel free to test this via https://demo.wpcloudplugins.com/ where you can have full access to both Front-End and Back-End (including WooCommerce) to see if it fits your requirements. If you have any further questions, just let me know!
Hi, i have a suggestion: add an option to view the latest uploaded files in folders. It can be very useful for those who use your plugin to create a database updated daily
Thanks for your suggestion!
Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to list the latest uploads inside a folder and all its sub folders with the plugin as the API doesn’t have an endpoint that could be used for this.Instead you basically have to make individual API calls for every folder and subfolder. So it is technically possible to create a solution that will recursively get this information for you via the API, but depending on the amount of folders, this approach will be pretty slow.
If your folder structure isn’t that extended (e.g. just a few subfolders), feel free to create a support ticket and I can provide you with an addon that adds this functionality to the plugin
- Floris
Helo ! First of all congratulations on the amazing plugin. Do you have a documentation page showing all the functions of the plugin? Functions to incorporate it into other plugins?
Thanks for your question! Unfortunately, the current framework of the plugin isn’t written to provide easy integration into other plugins. So there also isn’t any documentation for developers available. If you are looking for some basic integrations functions, just create a support ticket via the link below and I will do my best to help you out!
- Floris
why my video player dont show all videos, it alway request click for show all video
https://imgur.com/a/efpyE29- i want it default show all videos like this: https://imgur.com/a/GetTHRB
Have you enabled the ‘Playlist open on start’ setting in the module configuration (Shortcode Builder -> Layout -> Show Playlist -> Playlist open on start)?
- Floris
it alway enabled (Playlist open on start). google plugin working fine but this error only on onedrive plugin
Thanks for your reply! I think I managed to reproduce the issue when the initial video is inside a subfolder of the playlist. I will do my best to fix this in the next update!
- Floris
old problem has not been repaired yet and now it show error cant play
https://imgur.com/a/EN1PsEiThe subfolder problem will be solved in version 1.17.5. Regarding the new issue, please create a support ticket via the link below so I can investigate that for you.
- Floris
Hi
I have 3 following questions.
1. May I know how many google drive account can it connect to?
2. Who can connect to the google drive? Only admin? or any specific role owner can do?
3. Creating the connection to google drive can be done from frontend? or only can be done from the backend?
Thank you
- Theoretically, you can link the plugin with an unlimited number of Google Accounts. However, for performance reasons you want to keep this number as low as possible.
- You can select which Roles or Users should be able to access the main plugin settings page where the accounts can be linked. By default, only administrator users will be able to access this page.
- You can only link accounts via the WordPress Admin Back-End.
Please keep in mind that you have to authorize the plugin to access the linked Google Drive accounts. This is a full read/write authorization which is required to keep showing the contents of the Drives on your WordPress site.
I hope that answers your questions.
- Floris
is any option to select specific folder for upload in upload box.
Sure! You can select the folder where the upload should be stored via the Upload Box configuration. Feel free to test the functionality of the plugin on both Front-End and Back-End via the online sandbox/demo via the link below.
- Floris
Cant see Folders!!!
The single Upload Box is only a module to uploads files and not to navigate through folders.
Instead, you can set in the module configuration which Google Drive folder should be use to store the uploads. Alternatively, you can add the File Browser module with the upload functionality enabled to get something similar as https://www.wpcloudplugins.com/plugins/use-your-drive-wordpress-plugin-for-google-drive/upload-box/. That allows you to see the files and folders in the select top folder on the Front-End and you can navigate to the location where you want to upload the files.
I hope that answers your question!
- Floris
You have installed the plugin on the site But I ran into a problem Files in subfolders do not appear It shows only the main folders When you click on the subfolder it stays on the same page
Hi there! I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with the plugin. Could you create a support ticket via the link below so I can investigate this for you? Please attach your license/purchase code in the ticket as well.
- Floris
Hi!
I have a course website and use Google drive to host my video’s. I recently found out by some of my course followers, that the embedded Google Drive video’s don’t work on Safari browser. This is mainly a problem for my IPhone and Ipad users. I am now looking for a solution. 1. So my first question is, does it work with Safari browser and is the player fully responsive in mobile and ipad/tablet. 2. Can you turn the setting off for automatic playlist? I want users to follow the lessons and not a playlist. All the lesson videos are in the same folder and I prefer not to create a different folder per video. Thanks!
Thanks for your question!
Safari indeed doesn’t accept cookies from cross domains making the use of iFrames with embedded content problematical. This is especially the case for videos, as Google uses the YouTube player and authorization cookies to provide access to this content.
The Media Player of Use-your-Drive will work in Safari as it doesn’t use iFrames to display the media. The player is fully responsive and you can show a single video file (=>no playlist). Another option would be to hide the playlist with some custom CSS.
The plugin and MediaPlayer can be tested on the demo site (see links below).
Also, please note that Google has a ‘Fair Use Policy’ for downloading and streaming content. This means that you will not encounter any problems with normal usage. However, if you have high traffic volume on your site downloading and stream files via the plugin, you can indeed encounter API/download limits. In that case Google will throttle the traffic. If it is an option for you to switch to a different Cloud solution, you could take a look at the Dropbox or Box solutions of the same plugin. For instance, Dropbox Free (Basic) has a limitation of 20 GB/day and the Pro & Business accounts have a limit of 200 GB/day.
I hope that answers your questions.
- Floris
Hi!
Do you have any plan to integrate with bitform. They are highly popular at the moment and actively developing.
This would be great if you could integrate your amazing plugin with them.
Kind regards.
Thanks for your question! I just took a look at the BitForm, but I am not (yet) seeing any documentation yet on 3rd party integrations, unfortunately. Once that becomes available, I will gladly check if it is feasible to create an integration for BitForm as well!
- Floris
When will you offer storage integration for Google Cloud Platform/AWS? I need a more robust solution than your current offerings. I am open to custom development.
Thanks for asking!
A solution for Cloud Storage (Google/AWS) is on the to do list, but it will be a different kind of product and will have a different framework.
Cloud Storage is basically only a ‘storage’ so it doesn’t offer any file/folder structure, thumbnails, full text search and other powerful functionalities which the Drive API offers like the Backup & Sync software which you can use to manage the content on your site directly via your Windows Explorer/iOS Finder. Besides that, using Cloud storage will have a different pricing as using the most simple 1TB storage solution will cost at least $25,-/month. So that plugin can basically mainly be used for simple content delivery.
At the moment, I am not available to take this kind of projects but perhaps later this year!
- Floris
Thank you for your wonderful support. A quick question please. Is it possible to translate the content of the GDocs that are displayed in the embedded widgets?
I have GTranslate in the footer of our site which translate the site OK, but this doesn’t translate the content of the Google Office documents. A lot to expect I know but I thought I’d ask in case there was an option or another GDrive setting somewhere that might do this or allow the viewer to change the language.
Thanks
Thanks for your feedback!
The previews are actually rendered by Google itself so it isn’t possible to translate this. However, Google should just recognize the language that is used by users browser (e.g. via navigator.language) and serve the correct translations automatically in their UI.
- Floris
Ah cool .. that might be a good thing then .. thank you!
