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Need to show a brand your content before publishing? Here’s how others can preview your post on WordPress…

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There are times with blogging where you’ll want to let someone see the finished formatted blog post before you hit publish. To do this, you could send them a screenshot of the post preview or set up a user account letting them login… but neither of these solutions are ideal.

Instead try the WordPress plugin Public Post Preview by Dominik Schilling. It’s a quick and easy way to share a link to a drafted post privately with someone else, letting them preview a post/page before it’s published publicly.

How to Install and Use Public Post Preview

how to share a preview of a drafted post with someone without publishing

  • While logged into your WordPress admin area, go to Plugins > Add New.
  • Search for Public Post Preview and click Install Now. Once installed, activate the plugin
  • To enable a public post preview, check the box beside “Enable public preview”. This is within the Publish box on posts, pages and custom post types. It must be saved as a draft for the preview URL to work.
  • The link will be displayed below the checked checkbox, so that you can share it.
  • To disable a preview just uncheck the box, then re-save it as a draft or publish it.

The link will be available for 48 hours. After 48 hours, it will expire and you will need to share a new link. This will be generated automatically in the editor.

If you want to extend the time, carefully copy and paste the following into your theme’s functions.php file:

// Extend Time Of Public Post Preview
add_filter( 'ppp_nonce_life', 'my_nonce_life' );
function my_nonce_life() {
    return 60 * 60 * 24 * 7; // 7 days
}

If you’re not comfortable editing your theme files, you can install Public Post Preview Configurator instead.

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Elaine Malone
Elaine Malone is a digital marketing strategist based in London, UK. She is the founder of XOmisse, a resource that helps new entrepreneurs, content creators and small business owners start, grow and monetise their online platforms. Elaine has over a decade of experience, is the former Creative Director and Head of Operations at bCreator, and has recently graduated with a Master of Science with Distinction in Digital Marketing Management from the University of Westminster. Along with running her business, she is a business and marketing lecturer at the University of West London.

One response to “Need to show a brand your content before publishing? Here’s how others can preview your post on WordPress…”

  1. Jaime

    I’ve been looking for something like this – thank you!!

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