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Share a Draft

Share private preview links to your drafts

By Automattic·Post·Free
3.7(11 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 years ago
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As of April 2026, Share a Draft is a WordPress post plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 64K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 10% this week. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.

3.7/511 reviews
3.0K+active installs
64K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008

Overview

Drafts in WordPress are visible for the author and blog administrators. In many cases, however, you want
to share a draft with your friends or colleagues for either review or approval.

Share a Draft allows you to create a unique link to a draft for a limited time and send it to whoever you want.

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

3.711 reviews
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Recent Reviews

doesn’t work
by zoegarden·4 years ago

when I use it to share w/ friends, they say it gives a 404 error

Fantastic plugin
by franfoto·8 years ago·1 reply

Easy to use and very useful.

Only works with Posts, and confusing interface.
by Jason King·11 years ago

Only works with Posts. Not Pages or custom post types. That limits its usefulness.

It didn’t need a separate link in the dashboard menu. Would have been better to put a link to share a draft next to the post titles.

Don't use "Shareadraft"
by weiganri·11 years ago

I’ve tried the plugin on my Blog to give a friend access to a long report I wrote. It had 1100 Words and after I used this plugin the half text disappeared. Only the recover feature made it possible to get my post back. A better alternative ist Share Drafts Publicy which is also available in the wordpress plugin directory.

Awesome
by enri1968·12 years ago

It’s simple and useful, I like very much this plugin.

Download Trends

Today: 8Yesterday: 21This week: 80Period total: 4K

Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.5
96.3%
v1.4
3.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.5

  • Test with newest WordPress versions
  • Update copy
  • Removed seconds as a granularity level
  • Light cleanup of the almost 10-year old code
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

AutomatticAutomatticNikolay BachiyskiNikolay Bachiyski
Plugin Info
Version
1.5
Last Updated
Apr 7, 2021
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
5.8.13
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
64K+
Added
Mar 9, 2008
Business
Free

Tags

postdraftpostsdrafts

Developer

A
Automattic
74 plugins19.0M+ total installs
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