WordPress - Drive Automation
Drive Automation watches a Google Drive folder and publishes new or updated Google Docs to your WordPress site automatically — no exports, no forms, no manual triggers. Drop a doc in the folder and it goes live. Edit the doc and the post updates.
Use Frontmatter in your Google Docs to set the title, categories, tags, status, and more on a per-document basis.
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”Tenwrite checks your Drive folder once every hour. New Google Docs become new WordPress posts. Docs that have changed since the last run sync back to the existing post.
Only Google Docs in the folder root are picked up — files inside subfolders are ignored. By default, posts are created as Drafts. Add a Frontmatter table to your doc to set a different status.
Setting It Up
Section titled “Setting It Up”Step 1: Go to Automations
Section titled “Step 1: Go to Automations”- Open the Tenwrite add-on or the Web Dashboard.
- Click WordPress > Automations in the sidebar.
- Open the Drive tab.
Step 2: Create a New Automation
Section titled “Step 2: Create a New Automation”- Click New Automation (or Create Drive Automation if the tab is empty).
- The Create Drive Automation form opens.
Step 3: Set Up Your Google Drive Folder
Section titled “Step 3: Set Up Your Google Drive Folder”You need a folder in Google Drive that Tenwrite can read. Create a new one or use an existing folder.
Create the folder:
In Google Drive, click + New and select New folder.
Share it with Tenwrite:
Click the three-dot menu on the folder, choose Share > Share, and enter automation@tenwrite-gcp.iam.gserviceaccount.com. Set the role to Viewer and click Share. Click Share anyway if prompted.
Copy the folder link:
Open the three-dot menu again and choose Share > Copy link. You’ll paste this into Tenwrite.
Step 4: Complete the Form in Tenwrite
Section titled “Step 4: Complete the Form in Tenwrite”Back in Tenwrite, fill in the form: choose the Target Site, paste the Folder URL, optionally set a Default Category and Post Status, then check Enable Automation to activate it right away. Click Create Automation.
Managing Your Automations
Section titled “Managing Your Automations”The Drive tab shows all your automations in a table. Each row tells you whether the automation is Enabled or Disabled, the source folder and destination site, run statistics (total runs, posts created, failed runs), and when it last ran.
To pause or resume an automation, use the action button in its row.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”Automation doesn’t seem to be running
Section titled “Automation doesn’t seem to be running”- Confirm the folder is shared with
automation@tenwrite-gcp.iam.gserviceaccount.com. - Check that the automation is enabled in the table.
- Verify the folder URL you entered is correct.
Documents aren’t getting published
Section titled “Documents aren’t getting published”- Make sure the files are Google Docs — Word documents, PDFs, and other file types are not supported.
- Keep documents directly in the folder root, not inside subfolders.
- Confirm your WordPress site is still connected.
Posts aren’t updating after I edit a Doc
Section titled “Posts aren’t updating after I edit a Doc”- Make sure you’re editing the original Google Doc inside the shared folder, not a copy elsewhere.
- Updates are picked up on the next hourly run.
Related Guides
Section titled “Related Guides”Need help? Contact support@tenwrite.com with your folder URL and a description of the issue.
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