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Public Post Preview
Share drafts with clients until the plugin breaks on updates.
HealthyGrowing
72/100
The plugin solves a real problem but currently breaks on recent WordPress versions and lacks developer support.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.5★
79 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+104%
Growing fast
163 → 332 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +104% in the last year
163/day a year ago→332/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPublic Post Preview is a well-liked plugin for sharing unpublished content with non-logged-in users, but it has developed a serious reputation for breaking on recent WordPress versions with no apparent support response.
What people like
- +Solves a genuine need: sharing draft/unpublished posts with non-logged-in users before publishing×5
- +Described as straightforward and easy to use when functioning correctly×2
Common complaints
- −Preview links no longer work on recent WordPress versions — unauthenticated users are redirected to a login screen, defeating the plugin's purpose (since 3.0.1)×4
- −Support posts about breakage go unanswered, suggesting the plugin is effectively abandoned×2
- −Preview links expire after 48 hours with no built-in setting to extend the validity period, making it impractical for client review workflows×2
- −Incompatible with the Divi page builder — content built in Divi is missing or incomplete in the public preview
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.49★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-02-152025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 79 total
Latest reviews · 79 analyzed
- 2025-11-21★★★★★Awesome PluginMohsin Alam
- 2025-05-21★★★★★What Happened?!mokuh
- 2025-02-18★★★★★no longer workingbbbstoked
- 2024-10-16★★★★★Super handy in order to work with clients and third partiesmcd
- 2024-09-26★★★★★No longer worksJson Koning
- 2024-07-21★★★★★A must have pluginKnut Sparhell
- 2024-05-05★★★★★It's an incredible plugin, exactly what I needed!Henry Douglas
- 2024-02-07★★★★★Handy!Peter Ingersoll
- 2023-03-31★★★★★Useful works greatWill Skora
- 2023-03-29★★★★★Gread Plugin, but why isnt it thougt to the end?dosimo
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
276
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
301
Prior 7-day baseline
387
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,237
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,148
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-8.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.62
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.51 → 4.49★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered