To automate Google Sheets to WordPress, publish your sheet as a CSV URL, add that URL as a provider in Ingestics, and map each column to a post field — every row becomes a post. This works on the Free tier; you can even paste a normal Sheets share link and Ingestics normalizes it to the CSV export endpoint for you.

Sheets-to-WordPress is the workflow for team-managed content: events, directories, curated lists — anyone who can edit a spreadsheet can publish, with no WordPress logins involved.

Why does a spreadsheet make a good content source?

Because the editing interface already exists. A sheet gives non-technical teammates structured input (one row per item, one column per field), built-in collaboration, and change history — and the CSV export gives WordPress a clean, machine-readable feed of it. No forms to build, no CMS training.

Typical uses: an events calendar the whole team maintains, a partner or member directory, a curated deals list, editorial queues.

How do you prepare the Google Sheet?

1. Row 1 = headers. title, description, date, location, image_url — these become your field names.
2. One row per item. No merged cells, no layout formatting; the CSV export flattens everything.
3. Publish it. File → Share → Publish to web → CSV, and copy the URL. Alternatively, copy the normal share/edit link — Ingestics can normalize Sheets share URLs to the CSV export endpoint.

Keep a column with a stable unique value (an ID or the title) — it drives duplicate detection later.

How do you add the sheet as a provider?

In Ingestics → Providers, add an API provider with the CSV URL, method GET, auth none. Open the call preview: you should see your rows parsed as items with your headers as field names. If the preview shows HTML instead of data, the sheet is not published to the web yet.

On Lite, File Import extends this beyond published CSVs to local and remote CSV, JSON, XML, and XLSX files with sample mapping previews and background batches — useful when the source is an exported file rather than a live sheet.

How do you map columns to WordPress fields?

Straight column-to-field mapping:

• title → post title
• description → post content
• image_url → featured image (sideloaded into the Media Library)
• date → publish date
• category column → category (Lite’s dynamic category mapping assigns it per row)

Lite’s Post Template Builder lets you compose content from several columns — for an event: “{{date}} — {{location}}. {{description}}” — instead of dumping one cell.

How do you handle new rows, edits, and duplicates?

• New rows import on the next fetch; duplicate detection (all tiers) skips rows already imported, keyed on your stable column.
• Edited rows are where tiers matter: on Free/Lite an edited row is either skipped as a duplicate or re-imported as new, depending on what changed. Pro’s Advanced Sync Engine matches by external ID or title and updates the existing post in place — the right behavior for a directory where rows get corrected.
• Deleted rows do not delete posts; retire content in WordPress deliberately.

How do you schedule the sync?

Lite adds scheduled fetching — a daily or twice-daily cron is right for team-maintained sheets; nobody needs minute-level sync on an events list. On Free you click fetch manually after editing the sheet, which is workable for a weekly-updated list.

How do you display the sheet-powered content?

Rows land as normal posts (or a custom post type on Lite), so your theme handles them. Lite also adds the [auto_api_feed] shortcode, Gutenberg block, and grid layout for list pages — a grid of event cards straight from the spreadsheet. Details in the documentation.

Which Ingestics tier does this workflow need?

• Free — published Sheets CSV, column mapping, manual fetch. A genuinely complete manual workflow.
• Lite — scheduled syncs, File Import (CSV/JSON/XML/XLSX), template builder, custom post types, display.
• Pro — row edits update posts in place via the sync engine, meta/ACF mapping for directory fields.

Related reading: the CSV import guide covers the format layer, the job board build shows the same pattern at directory scale, and the use cases hub lists more automated publishing workflows.