Streamline News Publishing

Google Docs to Newspack in One Click

Publish news articles from Google Docs to Newspack seamlessly. Perfect for newsrooms and editorial teams.

5 free exports. No credit card required.

Trusted by publishers and content teams

  • Get Current Studio
  • Defendernetwork.com
  • Santa Monica Daily Press
  • Local Media Association
  • Get Current Studio
  • The Belmont Voice
  • The Presstitan
  • RemoteFront
  • 72 Ventures
  • The Grambling Connection

From the newsroom doc to the front page

Streamline your newsroom workflow with seamless integration between Google Docs and Newspack. Perfect for news organizations looking to optimize their publishing process.

Newspack runs on WordPress, so reporters and editors keep writing in Google Docs and Docswrite publishes the story with its photos, categories, tags and SEO fields.

How it works

How to publish Google Docs to Newspack

Streamline your newsroom workflow between Google Docs and Newspack.

  1. 01

    Write News Articles

    Create your news articles in Google Docs with all the necessary metadata, including categories, tags, and SEO elements tailored for news content.

  2. 02

    SEO-Optimized Writing

    Write your content in Google Docs with built-in SEO guidelines. Add meta descriptions, focus keywords, and other Yoast SEO elements directly in your document.

  3. 03

    Instant Publishing

    Publish directly to your Newspack-powered website with one click. Maintain formatting, preserve metadata, and ensure quick deployment of time-sensitive news.

  4. 04

    Streamline Publishing Automation

    Docswrite seamlessly integrates into your current workflow. Link your Trello board, Monday content calendar, Airtable, Jira, Linear, and more to Docswrite.

Features

Why newsrooms use Docswrite

  • Made for time-sensitive news

    Publish the moment the edit is done, or schedule the story for a set time.

  • Editors and reporters

    Invite the team so anyone with a seat can publish from Docswrite.

  • Newspack SEO fields

    Set Newspack and Yoast SEO fields in the doc.

  • Corrections

    Publish the doc again to update the same story.

Details

Supported fields and publishing options

Exactly what Docswrite sends to your site, and when.

What you can set from the doc

Title and slug
From the doc title, or set them in the table at the top of the doc.
Post or page
Publish as a post or a page, with the page template you choose.
Categories and tags
Pick existing ones or create new ones on publish.
Author
Any author on the site.
Featured image
The first image in the doc, or an image URL.
Images
Uploaded to the Media Library (optionally compressed), never hot-linked.
Yoast SEO / Rank Math
Focus keyword, SEO title and meta description.
Status and date
Publish now, save a draft, or schedule a date and time.

Drafts and scheduling

Publish now
Yes
Save as draft
Yes
Schedule
Yes: pick a date and time, and the post shows on your calendar until it goes live.
Publish again
Updates the same post.
  • Composer, API, MCP, Zapier
  • Edit in Google Docs
  • One calendar for all
Customers

Teams that stopped copy-pasting

Docswrite is a game changer for publishers that want to automate getting their content from Google Docs to Wordpress. We are saving at least 1/2 of a position incorporating this into our workflow.

Ross FurukawaFounder, Santa Monica Daily Press

I wish you could have seen the excitement on my employee's face when we sent a document. You've created a really great solution to a huge problem.

Michael GrantFounder, Get Current Studio

Docswrite has quickly become an invaluable tool for our wordpress content management team. Connectivity to trello revolutionized the way our team creates, reviews, and publishes content to our wordpress blog.

Lance BailyFounder, HealthySimulation
FAQ

Newspack FAQs

Does Docswrite support Newspack?
Yes. Newspack sites are WordPress sites, and Docswrite publishes to them with categories, tags, authors, images and SEO fields.
Can I update a story after it is live?
Yes. Edit the Google Doc and publish again: Docswrite updates the same WordPress post.
Can several reporters publish?
Yes. Invite your team to the organization; each seat can publish to the connected site.

Save hundreds of hours every month

Write once. Publish everywhere.

Google Docs to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Ghost, Medium and more in one click. No more copy-pasting, no more formatting issues.

  • 5 free exports
  • No credit card required