Now you don't need to add friends as users to the blog in order to let them preview your drafts
As of April 2026, WP-DraftsForFriends is a WordPress send plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 18K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 30% this week. Top alternative: Send PDF for Contact Form 7.
This plugin will generate a unique link that you can send to your friends to allow them to preview your draft before they are published. You are able to set the expiry for the link as well.
Modified from Drafts for Friends originally by Neville Longbottom.
I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks, I will really appreciate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligations.
Very easy to use, and gives you the peace of mind of keeping users out of the dashboard
If you offer a publishing service for your clients who don’t want to / need to know how to write their own posts, this is perfect.
Well done!
Great plugin! Love all of Lester’s plugins actually.
The plugin is well made and works as designed. It’s easy to install too.
Esta funcionalidad se encuentra en WordPress.com y me parece muy util. Este plugin lo resuelve bastante bien.
| WordPress | 3.7+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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