Google Drive plugin for WordPress
Use-your-Drive alternative: Drive Workflows and other Google Drive plugins compared
Use-your-Drive, Integrate Google Drive and Integration for Google Drive, next to Drive Workflows.
Three of them show and share Drive files on your pages. Drive Workflows builds a client portal on top: a private folder per client, uploads and requests.
Four Google Drive plugins, side by side
All four keep files in the Google Drive you connect. They differ in what they do with them.
| Feature | Drive Workflows | Use-your-Drive | Integrate Google Drive (SoftLab) | Integration for Google Drive (CodeConfig) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | A client portal: one private space per client | Showing and managing Drive folders on pages | Embedding Drive folders, galleries, media and upload forms | Syncing, embedding and displaying Drive files |
| Files stay in your Google Drive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes, on WordPress.org | No | Free .zip from the vendor's site (no longer listed on WordPress.org) | Free plan from the vendor's site (no longer listed on WordPress.org) |
| Automatic folder per client | Yes, in the free version | Yes, on registration | Yes, on registration (Pro) | Access rules set by hand (Pro) |
| Client uploads | Yes | Yes | Yes | To a folder you choose |
| Approvals | Workflows: approval, team steps, filing, closing e-mail (paid plans) | No | Clients approve or reject files (Pro) | No |
| Requests the client follows step by step | "My requests" (paid plans) | No | No | No |
| Form plugins | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Ninja Forms, Formidable Forms, Google Forms | Seven, including Gravity Forms and Fluent Forms | Ten or more | Six, including Gravity Forms |
| WooCommerce | Paid access to the client space | Downloads and order uploads | Sell Drive files, checkout uploads | Drive files as downloadable products |
| GDPR tools | Export, erasure, retention periods, deletion log | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Mobile app | Cloud Docs Pro for iPhone and Android (coming soon) | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Price | Free version; paid plans €149, €299 or €599 a year (1, 5 or 25 sites), VAT included | From $35 a year (vendor site) or $69 (CodeCanyon) | From $39 a year; lifetime option | $39.99 a year, or $119.99 once |
Competitor facts come from each vendor's own website, checked on 9 November 2026. Prices and features change: check them on each site before you decide. Drive Workflows prices include VAT; other prices are shown as each vendor shows them. Something out of date? Write to us and we will correct it.
Which plugin fits what you need
Use-your-Drive
Rich Drive modules (browser, gallery, media players, upload box) on many kinds of pages, the widest form plugin coverage, and sister plugins for OneDrive, Dropbox and Box.
Integrate Google Drive (SoftLab)
Many modules, Google Sheets tables, watermarking and file proofing where clients approve or reject files.
Integration for Google Drive (CodeConfig)
A low-cost lifetime licence, Drive files in the media library and frequent updates.
Drive Workflows
A client portal: each client's private folder, uploads, requests that move through approval and team steps, GDPR tools and a mobile app.
Questions
Which Google Drive plugin for WordPress is best for a client portal?
It depends on what clients do. To show or share Drive files on pages, Use-your-Drive and the other Drive plugins offer the richest display modules. For a client portal, where each client has a private folder, uploads documents and sends requests that go through approvals, Drive Workflows is built for that job.
Do all these plugins keep files in Google Drive?
Yes. All four work with the Google Drive account you connect, so files stay in Drive rather than on your hosting. Drive Workflows connects through your own Google Cloud project, and the connection is stored encrypted on your site.
Do my clients need a Google account with Drive Workflows?
No. Clients sign in with an ordinary WordPress account on your site. One company Google account connects the Drive for the whole site.
Is there a free Google Drive plugin for WordPress?
Drive Workflows has a free version on WordPress.org: Drive connection, a private folder per client, a client space to browse, preview and download, and GDPR tools. Uploads and workflows come with a paid plan. See prices