Title: Embed Spreadsheet Viewer
Author: Matt Ellenburg
Published: <strong>May 12, 2025</strong>
Last modified: May 12, 2025

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# Embed Spreadsheet Viewer

 By [Matt Ellenburg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattellenburg/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/embed-spreadsheet-viewer.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/#installation)
 * [Development](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/)

## Description

**Embed Spreadsheet Viewer** lets you easily embed data from shared Excel `.xlsx`
files into your WordPress posts and pages.

✨ **Key features:**
 – Connect to any public Excel `.xlsx` URL (Dropbox, Google
Drive direct link, etc.). – Choose worksheet, rows, and columns to display. – Apply
custom headers and formatting (numbers, dates, currency). – Enable sorting, filtering,
and pagination. – Admin tools to preview and refresh cached data. – Optional public
refresh button for end users.

Perfect for sharing live data tables like work orders, price lists, schedules, and
reports.

### License

This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Admin spreadsheet creation screen.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin ZIP file via **Plugins  Add New**.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Go to **Spreadsheets** in the WordPress admin menu.
 4. Add a new Spreadsheet entry:
 5.  * Set a unique **Table ID**.
     * Provide the public Excel file URL.
     * Specify the worksheet name.
 6. Insert the shortcode into your content:

## FAQ

### What URLs are supported?

Any public Excel `.xlsx` file, including Dropbox and Google Drive (with a direct
download link).

### Does it work with Google Sheets?

No, it only works with `.xlsx` files.

### Can site visitors refresh the data?

Yes — if you enable the **Show Refresh Button** option in the spreadsheet settings.

### Does it support formulas?

Flattened files strip formulas and keep only visible values, similar to “Paste Special
Values” in Excel.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Embed Spreadsheet Viewer” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Matt Ellenburg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattellenburg/)

[Translate “Embed Spreadsheet Viewer” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/embed-spreadsheet-viewer)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/mattellenburg/embed-spreadsheet-viewer

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **11 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/)
 * Tags
 * [embed](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/embed/)[excel](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/excel/)
   [spreadsheet](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spreadsheet/)[table](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/table/)
   [viewer](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/viewer/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/embed-spreadsheet-viewer/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Matt Ellenburg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattellenburg/)

## Support

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