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So your business runs on Google Workspace. Half your day lives in Gmail, Sheets, and Drive, and the other half lives in your WordPress dashboard. And somehow, those two halves act like they’ve never met.
I’ve been there. Copying form entries into a spreadsheet by hand is nobody’s idea of a productive Tuesday.
The good news is that the right plugins can get WordPress and Google Workspace talking to each other automatically. For this post, we tested plugins that connect with Workspace apps and rounded up the 9 best options, whether you want form entries flowing into Sheets, site emails that reliably reach inboxes, or events that sync with Google Calendar.
How Do I Add Google Workspace to WordPress?
There’s no single plugin that drops all of Google Workspace into WordPress at once. Instead, you connect the apps one at a time using plugins built for each job. A form plugin sends entries to Google Sheets, an SMTP plugin routes your site’s email through Gmail, a calendar plugin syncs events with Google Calendar, and so on.
All you really need is a Google account and the plugin that matches the app you care about. A paid Workspace subscription works for everything on this list, and a free Gmail account covers most of it too.
Best Google Workspace Plugins for WordPress
Here’s a quick look at all 9 plugins before we get into the details. Each one earned its spot by solving a specific WordPress plus Google Workspace problem well.
| Plugin | Best For | Google Apps It Connects | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPForms | Forms and data collection | Sheets, Drive, Calendar | $199.50/year (Pro) |
| WP Mail SMTP | Email deliverability | Gmail, Google Workspace | Free ($49/year for Pro) |
| AffiliateWP | Affiliate programs | Sheets (via Uncanny Automator) | $149.50/year |
| Formidable Forms | Complex form calculations | Sheets | $199.50/year (Business) |
| MemberPress | Membership sites | Drive (via Zapier) | $199.50/year |
| Uncanny Automator | Connecting everything to everything | Sheets, Gmail, Drive, Calendar | Free ($25/month for paid plans) |
| Sugar Calendar | Event management | Calendar | $49.50/year |
| Login for Google Apps | Single sign-on | Workspace accounts | Free |
| UpdraftPlus | Site backups | Drive | Free ($70/year for Premium) |
In This Article
1. WPForms
WPForms is the top WordPress form plugin for Google Workspace. It gives you an easy drag-and-drop builder, 2,100+ form templates, and more flexibility than Google Forms, including the ability to run calculations right inside your forms.
It’s also the entry on this list I know best, since I use it every week. And the Google Workspace story here has gotten a lot bigger than it used to be.
WPForms now connects natively with three Workspace apps, no middleman automation tool required:
- Google Sheets addon: Send form entries straight to a spreadsheet. You can map form fields to specific columns, use conditional logic to decide which entries get sent, and even create a new spreadsheet from inside the form builder.
- Google Drive addon: Automatically upload entries and file uploads to the Drive folder you choose. Handy when clients send you contracts, resumes, or photos through your forms.
- Google Calendar addon: Turn form submissions into calendar events, which is a quiet lifesaver for bookings, consultations, and signups.
The Sheets addon is the one I lean on most. Once a form is connected, entries just appear in the spreadsheet where my team already works, and the conditional logic means the junk never makes it in.
Pricing: The Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Google Calendar addons all come with WPForms Pro, which starts at $199.50 per year (introductory pricing).
2. WP Mail SMTP
WP Mail SMTP is the best SMTP plugin for WordPress, and it’s the one to grab if your site’s emails keep vanishing into spam folders.
Here’s the problem it solves. WordPress sends email in a way that mail providers don’t trust, so order confirmations and form notifications often never arrive. WP Mail SMTP fixes that by authenticating your emails and passing them through a trusted mailer, including Gmail and Google Workspace.
The free version works with Gmail if you’re comfortable setting up the Google app connection yourself. Our tutorial on how to send WordPress emails using Gmail SMTP walks through that exact process. If you’d rather skip the technical setup, the Pro version includes One-Click Setup for Google Workspace and Gmail, which handles the connection for you.
Pro also adds email logging and open and click tracking, so you can see exactly what your site sent and whether anyone read it.
Pricing: WP Mail SMTP Pro starts at $49 per year (introductory pricing). The free version is available on WordPress.org.
3. AffiliateWP
Building an affiliate program in WordPress? AffiliateWP sits at the top of most lists of the best WordPress affiliate plugins, and it plays nicely with Google apps.
You get full control over your program’s structure, with room for tiered affiliate rates, per-affiliate rates, and pay-per-lead setups. Managing affiliates from the WordPress dashboard is easy enough on its own.
The Google Workspace connection comes through Uncanny Automator. With preset triggers and actions, you can create or update a row in Google Sheets whenever something happens in AffiliateWP, like a new referral or a paid commission. It works in the other direction too, so a change in your spreadsheet can trigger an action back in AffiliateWP. The team behind Uncanny Automator has a guide to integrating AffiliateWP with Google Sheets if you want the details.
Pricing: AffiliateWP starts at $149.50 per year (introductory pricing).
4. Formidable Forms
Formidable Forms is one of the top alternatives to WPForms, and like WPForms, it handles complex jobs such as in-form calculations.
It also offers a useful native Google Sheets integration. You create a spreadsheet, connect it to Formidable Forms, and map your spreadsheet columns to form fields. From then on, each submission pulls the corresponding data into your sheet, either automatically or manually.
During our testing, the integration worked as expected and setup was straightforward. The trade-off is that Formidable’s advanced fields can feel like overkill if you don’t need calculator-style forms, and that complexity makes it less beginner-friendly overall.
Pricing: The Google Sheets integration requires the Formidable Forms Business license, which starts at $199.50 per year.
5. MemberPress
If you’re building an online course site, a forum, or any kind of membership website, MemberPress is the best WordPress plugin for the job.
It lets you create powerful rules for membership levels, online courses, hidden content, custom post types, and more.
The Google Workspace connection runs through Zapier. Zapier works a lot like Uncanny Automator, using rules called Zaps to link triggers and actions. The MemberPress and Google Drive combination supports two-way data exchange, so an event in either tool can kick off an action in the other. Think new member signups creating folders in Drive, or Drive activity updating a member record.
Pricing: MemberPress plans are now Launch, Growth, and Scale, with Launch starting at $199.50 per year (introductory pricing).
Alternative: MemberMouse.
6. Uncanny Automator
Uncanny Automator is the leading WordPress automation plugin, and you’ve already seen it mentioned twice on this list. That’s the pitch, honestly. It’s the one tool that connects nearly everything to nearly everything else.
Automator works through recipes. A recipe pairs a Trigger (someone submits a form, joins a membership, makes a purchase) with an Action (add a row in Google Sheets, send a Gmail message, create a Calendar event). It supports thousands of combinations across Google Sheets, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and hundreds of other apps and plugins.
It pairs especially well with forms. Our doc on using Uncanny Automator with WPForms shows how quickly you can wire a form into the rest of your stack.
The free version is available in the WordPress plugin directory and includes a generous set of triggers and actions to start with.
Pricing: Paid Uncanny Automator plans start at $25 per month, billed annually.
7. Sugar Calendar
Sugar Calendar is the best event management plugin for WordPress websites.
Want an easy way for people to book appointments or sign up for events? Sugar Calendar handles it with features like recurring events, per-event time zones, and custom formatting and translation.
The Google Workspace tie-in is Calendar Feeds. This feature translates your WordPress event data into a format other calendar apps can read, including Google Calendar, so your website events and your Google Calendar stay in sync. We found the connection process quick and painless during testing.
Pricing: Calendar feeds and sync are included in every Sugar Calendar plan, starting with Basic at $49.50 per year (introductory pricing).
8. Login for Google Apps
Login for Google Apps brings single sign-on to WordPress, letting your team log in with the Google Workspace accounts they already use instead of one more username and password.
It uses the secure OAuth2 authentication that Google recommends, which means two-factor authentication carries over too. The free version lets existing WordPress users sign in with their Google accounts. The premium versions go further and automatically create WordPress accounts for everyone in your Workspace domain, with access controls based on organizational units or Google Groups.
With 10,000+ active installs and a 4.6-star rating, it’s a small plugin with a loyal following, mostly among teams and organizations running WordPress behind a Workspace domain.
Pricing: The core plugin is free on WordPress.org, with premium and enterprise upgrades available from the developer.
9. UpdraftPlus
UpdraftPlus is the most popular backup plugin for WordPress, and its Google Workspace trick is a good one. It backs up your entire site to Google Drive on a schedule you set.
The free version supports Google Drive as a backup destination, so you can have your site files and database landing safely in your Drive without spending anything. Premium adds incremental backups, easy site migration, more storage destinations, and 1GB of managed storage.
It won’t automate your marketing or your forms. But if your Workspace plan already includes Drive storage, using that storage as your offsite backup location is an easy win.
Pricing: The core plugin is free. UpdraftPlus Premium starts at $70 per year.
And there you have it! These 9 plugins give you plenty of ways to connect your WordPress website with your Google Workspace account, from form entries in Sheets to full-site backups in Drive. Pick the one that matches the job in front of you and go from there.
FAQs About Google Workspace Plugins for WordPress
Still deciding how to connect WordPress with Google Workspace (formerly G Suite)? These are the questions I hear most often.
Can I integrate all of Google Workspace with WordPress at once?
No, there’s no official all-in-one Google Workspace plugin for WordPress. You connect individual apps using plugins built for each one, like WPForms for Google Sheets, Drive, and Calendar, or WP Mail SMTP for Gmail. In practice, most sites only need one or two of these connections anyway.
Can WordPress send email through Gmail or Google Workspace?
Yes. An SMTP plugin like WP Mail SMTP authenticates your site’s email and sends it through Google’s servers, which dramatically improves deliverability. The free version supports Gmail with manual setup, and the Pro version adds One-Click Setup for Google Workspace accounts.
How do I connect WordPress forms to Google Sheets?
The simplest route is the WPForms Google Sheets addon, which comes with a Pro license. You connect your Google account, pick or create a spreadsheet, and map form fields to columns. Uncanny Automator can also send form entries to Sheets if you’re working with a form plugin that lacks a native integration.
Is there a free Google Workspace plugin for WordPress?
Several plugins on this list have capable free versions. Uncanny Automator, Login for Google Apps, UpdraftPlus, and WP Mail SMTP all offer free tiers that cover basic Google connections. The paid upgrades mostly buy you convenience, deeper features, and support.
Next, Automate More of Your WordPress Workflows
Once your Google apps and your website are talking, it’s hard to stop finding new things to automate. Our roundup of the best WordPress automation tools is the natural next read, and if spreadsheets are your happy place, you’ll also like our guide on how to save contacts from your WordPress forms to a Google Sheet.
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