by Automattic 3.7 (11 reviews)

Share a Draft

Name: Share a Draft
Rating: 3.7 (11 reviews)
Author: Automattic

Create a secure, time-limited link to a draft, so a reviewer without a WordPress account can read it before you publish.

Share a Draft ranks #3,930 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #209 of 3,410 in the Social & Sharing category, a 3.7/5 rating from 11 reviews, and was last updated Oct 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.0.1 Current Version v2.0.1

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 23 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 19 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#209 of 3,410 in Social & Sharing Top 5% by installs Downloads -53% this week Actively maintained

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-22.4%

KW Avg Position

65.8

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74.7K

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Rating

74%

Review 3.7 out of 5

3.7 (11 reviews)

Next Milestone 4K

Total Progress 87.1%

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.1
Last Updated: Oct 23, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: Automattic

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.7
Reviews: 11
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to share drafts with people who don't have admin or author access. It solves the problem of drafts being restricted to authors and admins by generating a temporary shareable link.

Create unique draft links
Time-limited sharing links
Share drafts for review
Share drafts for approval

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Share a Draft

Yes. Where a post is edited on the classic screen, whether through the Classic Editor plugin or because its post type does not use the block editor, Share a Draft adds a Share a Draft box to the sidebar with the same Generate preview link and Manage preview links buttons.

No. Anyone with the link can open the draft, unless you have bound the link to named reviewers, in which case they confirm their email address with a one-time code first.

The draft, rendered by your theme exactly as it will look when published. If the link has expired, been revoked, or been used up, they see a short notice saying so instead.

Because you can edit the post. Anyone who can edit it, such as its author, editors, and administrators, sees the draft through WordPress's own preview, so a link's expiry, viewing limit, and other restrictions don't apply to them, and their visits don't use up any of its views. Reviewers who cannot edit the post are held to every limit.

No. A link's lifetime and limits are fixed when it is created. To change them, revoke the link and generate a new one.

Revoke it from the editor or the Preview Links screen. If you are not sure which link leaked, an administrator can pause every link on the site at once from the Preview Links screen, and switch them back on when the dust settles. Pausing doesn't revoke or change any link: once links are switched back on, each one works again until its own expiry. Pausing does not cover links made with 1.x: only the person who made one can delete it, under Posts → Share a Draft (Old).

Yes, as long as your page cache does not serve cached copies of preview requests. Almost every cache already skips them. The hosting requirements explain what to check.

Behind a reverse proxy, every visitor appears to come from the proxy's address. A few lines of code tell Share a Draft the visitor's real address.

Yes, with a line of code each. The options disappear from the editor and the Preview Links screen, and links that already use them keep enforcing them.

Yes. A named reviewer's email address shows up in Tools → Export Personal Data as a list of the preview links it is bound to. Erasing it removes the address from each link, and a link left with no reviewers is revoked rather than opened to anyone.