As of April 2026, Live Drafts is a WordPress draft plugin with 60 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Auto Post Scheduler.
3/53 reviews
60active installs
8.0K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
An editor can make changes to a live page and then save as a draft and preview before publishing over the existing page/post.
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Ratings & Reviews
33 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.9.2+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
3.0.4
- Fix/code improvements provided by Ryan Jarrett ([email protected]) to correct an issue where custom field changes are lost when they are created/updated by another plugin via the save_post hook.
- Now supports scheduling a draft to be published also provided by Ryan Jarrett ([email protected]).
- Tested working correctly with WordPress 4.3.1
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