Title: [Plugin: Google Doc Embedder] Embedding Error: (200:OK)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Google Doc Embedder] Embedding Error: (200:OK)

 *  [jnorion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnorion/)
 * (@jnorion)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-error-200ok/)
 * I’m having a weird problem with the Google Doc Embedder plugin. I’m using it 
   mainly for the purpose of embedding PDF files, stored on a dedicated server in
   my office (yes, it’s publicly accessible).
 * When I try to embed a file using the normal tag, the page shows nothing. Viewing
   the source shows this error:
 * `<!-- GDE EMBED ERROR: retrieve error (200:OK), use force="1" to bypass this 
   check -->`
 * It works perfectly if I add the force tag, but since the documentation says not
   to use that except for debugging I’m a bit wary of it. Does it do any harm to
   use that as a general rule?
 * I have tested both with a PDF (~6MB) and a TIFF (~400kb) with the same results.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [k3davis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k3davis/)
 * (@k3davis)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-error-200ok/#post-1814048)
 * I agree that’s strange. Rather than add the force=1 to every link, you might 
   rather turn off internal error checking in GDE options (advanced). You’ll have
   to be careful that your links are good or else you’ll get the viewer but nothing
   in it, but at least it should behave correctly.
 * Hope that helps,
 * Kevin
 *  Thread Starter [jnorion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnorion/)
 * (@jnorion)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-error-200ok/#post-1814197)
 * Yeah, that should work. It’s a small and heavily moderated environment and there
   are only a couple of people who will ever be posting these files, so links are
   easy enough to verify.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [jnorion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnorion/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-doc-embedder-embedding-error-200ok/#post-1814197)
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