Google Drive direct link images not loading

beentheredronedthat · Member · Jan 12, 2024 at 11:17 am
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Hi everyone,

I have a number of images on my site that are hosted in a publicly shared Google Drive and displayed on the blog via Image > Insert from URL and then pasting in the direct link to the image file on Google Drive.

These were working fine until yesterday when every single Google Drive image has stopped displaying on the site, no idea why – any ideas? I don’t have any plugins that might be conflicting/need to be reset.

Am aware the public share Google Drive URL for an image doesn’t work in the Insert from URL field (e.g. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PESnheJEoLNvDE3xgs4qMKv7r1ndQ8vO/view?usp=drive_link) but if the URL is modified into direct access version (e.g. https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1PESnheJEoLNvDE3xgs4qMKv7r1ndQ8vO) it does or at least did.

If I paste either of the above URLs into browser the image loads correctly, folder is set up correctly in Google Drive for sharing. It just seems that WordPress is currently refusing/unable to display the image from the URL provided.

Cheers,
Rich

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travellers2009 · Member · Jan 13, 2024 at 7:27 am
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I have same problem
staartmees · Member · Jan 13, 2024 at 7:29 am
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You can’t insert Google Drive images into a Carrousel. Those images must be located in your Media.
justjennifer · Member · Jan 13, 2024 at 1:13 pm
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I’m looking at this post https://beentheredronedthat.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/raf-upper-heyford-1-of-2/ and see quite a few image captions but no images.

A direct link to any image you want to display via “Insert from URL” has to end in JPG, PNG, or GIF for it to show using the Image block. In the case of Google Drive, use an embed or custom HTML block. More on this here https://wordpress.com/support/google-docs/#google-drive I haven’t tested this to confirm it works as expected.

But, why it worked previously and why it doesn’t now, I don’t have an answer

And as @staartmees mentioned any image you want to display in a Gallery/Carousel must be uploaded to your WordPress.com website
fachrireza · Member · Jan 14, 2024 at 4:02 am
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i just notice same issue today, please help anyone
staartmees · Member · Jan 14, 2024 at 5:49 am
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@fachrireza you find the answer higher up in this thread.
lamdathoa · Member · Jan 14, 2024 at 2:10 pm
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It is an update from google. Please report the issue here.

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/319531488?pli=1
staartmees · Member · Jan 14, 2024 at 3:50 pm
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@harsith534 this problem cannot be fixed by wordpress as it is caused by a (mis)configuration on google drive’s side. It seems google isn’t in a hurry to solve this problem.
dannoxyz · Member · Jan 20, 2024 at 12:04 am
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Same problem is afflicting web-forums too. I use direct-link URL to embed lots of images I share across multiple forums. So much easier than upload them to ever single post. Was working great for +10yrs. Now 10,000+ posts I’ve made have no images…. Definitely Google Drive issue with cross-domain linking since it works perfectly when pasting into address-bar of any browser. Hopefully they get this straightened out soon.
muneebqaziq · Member · Jan 23, 2024 at 8:03 pm
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Im facing the same issue. Last week wordpress updated some of the plugins, i that might be the reason but i guess i was wrong. There is some issue at google drive end.

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