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Stop publishing early just to show a client.<\/strong> PreviewFlow turns any draft, pending, scheduled or private content into a private, shareable link you can send like a document link \u2014 and take back the moment you want to.<\/p>\n\n No client accounts. No staging server. No temporary logins to clean up afterwards. You stay in control of who sees unfinished work, for how long, and on what terms.<\/p>\n\n Reviewing unpublished content in WordPress has always been awkward. The built-in preview only works for someone already logged in, so agencies and freelancers end up doing one of four bad things: publishing a page early and hoping nobody notices, standing up a staging site for a single review, emailing screenshots that go stale immediately, or creating a throwaway user account that lingers for years as a security liability.<\/p>\n\n PreviewFlow replaces all four with one secure link.<\/p>\n\n Every preview link is a 43-character random token \u2014 roughly 256 bits of entropy, drawn from the platform's cryptographic random source. It is not a guessable post ID or a predictable slug.<\/p>\n\n A real page, rendered by your real theme \u2014 not a screenshot and not a stripped back approximation. On top of it PreviewFlow adds:<\/p>\n\n When a link runs out, they get a friendly message you write yourself, not a confusing 404.<\/p>\n\n PreviewFlow does not render pages itself \u2014 it lets the page render normally and adds an access layer on top. That means it works with:<\/p>\n\n View tracking is optional and can be switched off entirely. When it is on, PreviewFlow never stores a raw IP address<\/strong>. Visitors are identified by a one-way hash of their IP and browser, salted with your site's own keys, which cannot be reversed and is not portable to another site. History is pruned automatically on a schedule you choose, and there is a one-click button to delete all of it for a privacy request.<\/p>\n\n Nothing is sent anywhere. There is no external service, no phone-home, no account to create, and no third-party requests \u2014 the plugin bundles its own fonts and assets.<\/p>\n\n There is no trial, no feature nagging and no artificial limit. Unlimited preview links, unlimited expiry options, unlimited passwords, and no upsell banners in your dashboard. Everything described above is in this plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n Optional: visit PreviewFlow \u2192 Settings<\/strong> to choose which post types get the panel, set a default expiry, and customise the watermark.<\/p>\n\n\n No. The link itself is the credential. Anyone holding it can view the content until it expires or you revoke it. No account is created, and nothing is left behind to clean up.<\/p><\/dd>\n Practically, no. Each token is 43 random base62 characters \u2014 around 256 bits of entropy \u2014 generated from the platform's cryptographic random source. It is not derived from the post ID, the title or the date.<\/p><\/dd>\n The visitor sees a message you can write yourself, rather than a 404. The response uses HTTP Yes, immediately. The next request is refused. Because PreviewFlow also stops preview pages ever being written to a page cache, there is no cached copy left behind to keep serving after you revoke.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. PreviewFlow sends Yes. A preview is a normal front-end request for the post, so your theme, your builder and your block plugins render it exactly as they render anything else. Elementor, Bricks, Divi, Beaver Builder, Oxygen, Breakdance, Kadence, GenerateBlocks, Spectra and the block editor all work.<\/p><\/dd>\n Product previews do \u2014 enable the Yes. PreviewFlow tells the cache not to store preview responses in the first place, using the standard opt-out that WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, NitroPack, Cache Enabler, WP Fastest Cache and others all honour. It also sends Yes, as many as you like. Give each one a label such as the client's name, its own expiry and its own password. Revoke one without affecting the others, and see the view count for each separately.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, per link. Passwords are hashed with WordPress' own password hashing, and wrong guesses are rate limited per visitor \u2014 ten attempts by default, then a fifteen minute cool-down. You can require a password on every new link in settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n The built-in preview only works for a logged-in user with permission to edit the post. PreviewFlow creates a link that works for anyone you send it to, with an expiry, an optional password and a revoke button.<\/p><\/dd>\n A published password-protected page is still published: it can appear in feeds, sitemaps, search results and archives. A PreviewFlow link leaves the content unpublished and adds no public footprint at all.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The prefix is configurable in settings, so links can read Yes. If your site uses plain permalinks, links fall back to a query string form. They are just as secure, only less tidy \u2014 the status panel will point this out.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Drafts, pending review, scheduled and private content all work.<\/p><\/dd>\n Always. Preview pages bypass every cache layer, so what your client sees is what you last saved.<\/p><\/dd>\n Only if you leave view tracking on, and never with a raw IP address. Visitors are identified by a one-way salted hash of their IP and browser that cannot be reversed. You choose how long history is kept, and can delete all of it at any time. Switch the whole feature off in settings if you prefer.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. There is no external service, no analytics, no licence check and no third-party requests. Fonts and assets are bundled with the plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n Anyone who can edit the piece of content. Editors and administrators see every link on the dashboard; authors and contributors see the ones they created.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. PreviewFlow \u2192 Settings \u2192 Tools<\/strong> exports your configuration as JSON and imports it on another site. Preview links themselves are not exported.<\/p><\/dd>\n Nothing is deleted unless you ask for it. Tick Delete all PreviewFlow data<\/strong> in the Advanced settings before removing the plugin if you want the links, view history and settings removed too.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Every string is translatable through the The problem it solves<\/h4>\n\n
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noindex<\/code> is sent in both the page markup and the HTTP response headers, so a preview cannot leak into search results.<\/li>\nWhat your client sees<\/h4>\n\n
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Does my client need a WordPress account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can someone guess a preview link?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What happens when a link expires?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
410 Gone<\/code>, which is the accurate status for something that existed and was deliberately withdrawn.<\/p><\/dd>\nIf I revoke a link, is it really dead?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will a preview show up in Google?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
noindex, nofollow, noarchive, nosnippet<\/code> in both the page markup and the X-Robots-Tag<\/code> response header.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes it work with page builders?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does it work with WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
product<\/code> post type in settings and you can share an unpublished product like any other content. Previewing the shop, cart and checkout pages is not included in this version.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes it work with caching plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Cache-Control: private, no-store<\/code> so CDNs and shared caches do not hold a copy.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I create more than one link for the same page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I password protect a preview?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What is the difference between this and the built-in WordPress preview?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Why not just use a password protected page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I change the preview URL?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
\/preview\/\u2026<\/code>, \/review\/\u2026<\/code> or anything else you like. Changing it invalidates links you have already shared, and the settings screen says so.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes it work without pretty permalinks?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I preview scheduled or private posts?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will it show the latest version of my draft?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does it track my visitors?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the plugin call home or load anything external?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Who can create and manage preview links?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I move my settings to another site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What happens to my data if I uninstall?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is it translation ready?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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