Title: Public Post Preview Author: Dominik Schilling Published: 20 Ақпан, 2009 Last modified: 1 Наурыз, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/public-post-preview/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3190626) ![](https://ps.w.org/public-post-preview/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=3190626) # Public Post Preview By [Dominik Schilling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/public-post-preview.3.1.0.zip) [Live Preview](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/?preview=1) * [Details](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/#description) * [Reviews](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/#installation) * [Development](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/) ## Description Share a link to anonymous users to preview a draft of a post (or any other public post type) before it is published. Have you ever been writing a post with the help of someone who does not have access to your site and needed to give them the ability to preview it before publishing? This plugin takes care of that by generating an URL with an expiring nonce that can be given out for public preview. _Previously this plugin was maintained by [Matt Martz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/) and was an idea of [Jonathan Dingman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jdingman/). Photo by [Annelies Geneyn](https://unsplash.com/photos/opened-book-on-grass-during-daytime-bhBONc07WsI)._ ### Usage * To enable a public post preview check the box in the document settings. In the classic editor it’s in the «Publish» meta box. * The link will be displayed if the checkbox is checked, you can copy and share the link with your friends. * To disable a preview uncheck the box again. ## Screenshots * [[ * Block Editor * [[ * Classic Editor ## Installation For an installation through WordPress: 1. Go to the ‘Add New’ plugins screen in your WordPress admin area 2. Search for ‘Public Post Preview’ 3. Click ‘Install Now’ and activate the plugin For a manual installation via FTP: 1. Upload the `public-post-preview` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in your WordPress admin area To upload the plugin through WordPress, instead of FTP: 1. Upload the downloaded zip file on the ‘Add New’ plugins screen (see the ‘Upload’ tab) in your WordPress admin area and activate. ## FAQ ### I can’t find the option for preview links. Where is it? The checkbox is only available for non-published posts and once a post was saved as a draft. ### After some time the preview link returns the message «The link has been expired!». Why? The plugin generates an URL with an expiring nonce. By default a link «lives» 48 hours. After 48 hours the link is expired and you need to copy and share a new link which is automatically generated on the same place under the editor. ### 48 hours are not enough to me. Can I extend the nonce time? Yes, of course. Go to Settings > Reading > Public Post Preview and increase the Expiration Time setting. You can also use the filter `ppp_nonce_life`. Example for 5 days: ``` add_filter( 'ppp_nonce_life', 'my_nonce_life' ); function my_nonce_life() { return 5 * DAY_IN_SECONDS; } ``` **Note:** The setting UI is not visible if the filter is used. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7ff96b9b925959c646c09743ff95ffc2ca772b6850cba45566b7cdc0256dab? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-7457/)󠁿 [Mohsin Alam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mohsinworld/) 21 Қараша, 2025 Does the work as it is advertised. Thanks for this good plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/47010790cfbc8143a26181032d3d9013f816097a2bcfa49b21f2027e0697cb0c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[What Happened?!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-happened-58/)󠁿 [mokuh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mokuh/) 21 мая, 2025 The preview links no longer work. Users are forced to log in when using the public preview link — defeating the entire purpose of this plugin. This used to be a must- have plugin. Unless you fix this, you are a must dump plugin. WP: 6.7.2Public Post Preview: 3.0.1 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6eb04b22a2776ef0e5e4b0eab5f72764135f12eab7b0a0b36c133098e4c88a58? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[no longer working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-longer-working-176/)󠁿 [bbbstoked](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bbbstoked/) 18 Ақпан, 2025 Been using this plugin always then all of a sudden it stopped working.. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/807d15cc5bf05da58b43f72676eeaaed9f062e5062f1ac4dcacc4d3a20aa21ce? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Super handy in order to work with clients and third parties](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-handy-in-order-to-work-with-clients-and-third-parties/)󠁿 [mcd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mariaclaradiez/) 16 Қазан, 2024 Super handy in order to work with clients and third parties. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e6ba39deab5ea96aca0d7bc4238dc76e25ec86d737f328664be829658c31329d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[No longer works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-longer-works-181/)󠁿 [Json Koning](https://profiles.wordpress.org/minion08/) 26 сентября, 2024 functionality is completely missing for me with the latest version of WP ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd257f389c91f137dab25f343b527123e887135b01921ebb6206e40cfa2eb636? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A must have plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-must-have-plugin-397/)󠁿 [Knut Sparhell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knutsp/) 21 июля, 2024 Works flawlessly. [ Read all 79 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Public Post Preview” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Dominik Schilling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) “Public Post Preview” has been translated into 27 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/public-post-preview/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Public Post Preview” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/public-post-preview) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/public-post-preview/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/public-post-preview/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/public-post-preview/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/public-post-preview/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.1.0 (2026-03-01): * Requires WordPress 6.6. * Compatibility with WordPress 7.0. * Add `ppp_show_public_preview` action for plugin extenders. #### 3.0.1 (2024-12-23): * Fix calculation of expiration time for preview nonce. #### 3.0.0 (2024-12-21): * Requires WordPress 6.5. * Requires PHP 8.0. * Add setting to increase the default expiration time (Settings > Reading > Public Post Preview). * Show icon for preview link in list tables next to the state. * Change interface in block editor to match latest editor design. * Update sidebar description to include the preview link. * Extend Preview dropdown for public preview in WordPress 6.7+. * Add Public Preview post list view. Props [@rafaucau](https://github.com/rafaucau). For more see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/ocean90/public-post-preview/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md). ## Meta * Version **3.1.0** * Last updated **1 месяц ago** * Active installations **100 000+** * WordPress version ** 6.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Finnish](https://fi.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Galician](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [German (Austria)](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [German (Switzerland)](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Greek](https://el.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Romanian](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Slovak](https://sk.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Spanish (Ecuador)](https://es-ec.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/), [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/) и [Vietnamese](https://vi.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/public-post-preview) * Tags * [anonymous](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anonymous/)[drafts](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/drafts/) [posts](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[preview](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/preview/) [public](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/public/) * [Advanced View](https://kk.wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 66 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 3 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 4 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 6 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/public-post-preview/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Dominik Schilling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) ## Support Got something to say? 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