Public Post Preview
Enables you to give a link to anonymous users for public preview of a post before it is published.
Have you ever been writing a post with the help of someone who does not have access to your blog and needed to give them the ability to preview it before publishing? This plugin takes care of that by generating a URL with an expiring nonce that can be given out for public preview.
Props to Jonathan Dingman for the idea behind this plugin, testing and feedback.
Version Information
Version: 1.3
Requires WordPress Version: 2.7
Compatible Up To: 2.9.2
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Latest version: Download Public Post Preview v1.3 [zip]
Other versions: Download Public Post Preview archives
Screenshots
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Edit Posts Page
Installation
- Upload the
public-post-previewfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory or install directly through the plugin installer. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress or by using the link provided by the plugin installer
NOTE: See “Other Notes” for Upgrade and Usage Instructions as well as other pertinent topics.
Upgrade
- Use the plugin updater in WordPress or…
- Delete the previous
public-post-previewfolder from the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Upload the new
public-post-previewfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory
Usage
- By default all posts in draft or pending review status will have public preview links that can be found diretly below the edit post box.
- To disable public post preview for a specific post uncheck the public preview post box and save the post.
Changelog
1.3 (2009-06-30):
- Hook in earlier in the post selection process to fix PHP notices
- Add uninstall functionality to remove options from the options table
1.2 (2009-03-30):
- Fix preview URL for scheduled posts on sites with a permalink other than default activated.
1.1 (2009-03-11):
- Don’t limit public previews to posts in draft or pending status. Just exclude posts in publish status.
1.0 (2009-02-20):
- Initial Public Release
That’s a great idea, thanks a lot! I was really tired of making screenshots or saving the preview to PDF or talk them into registering, this will surely ease up things remarkably.
Nice plugin. I’ve been looking for something like this. Very close to SHARE A DRAFT plugin but you’ve added the option for pending review. Nice.
What I’ve been looking for and please tell me if it is hard to do it something that will let you share a preview of a post that is SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED.
Thanks man… nice shairing… great plugin………………………………
You are a genius. Thank you for this!
Thank you, sir– I’m using this on a site where it’s easier to pass around a preview link than try to get the other team members to log into WordPress to view the draft.
Thank you so much for this plug-in! This is exactly what I need! I’ve been searching for something like this for over a week! Can’t thank you enough!
This is definitely a feature I would like to see included in the WordPress core, but in the meantime this plugin works a treat, many thanks for the hard work.
Happy I found this plugin – I sometimes have to send posts as drafts for my interviewees to OK. I work on another site which is more like a website than a blog and I would love to have this functionality for pages as well as posts.
I plan on adding support for pages soon.
This is fantastic for Posts and it has helped me and contributors out in many guest author situations. Thanks! I happened to create a Page and found the same option not available. Any plans to add support for Pages?