Title: Can’t Preview Drafts
Last modified: June 1, 2018

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# Can’t Preview Drafts

 *  [lsilver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lsilver/)
 * (@lsilver)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-preview-drafts/)
 * I just migrated a WordPress installation to a new server.
 * Since the migration, users are unable to preview drafts or preview changes. When
   they do, they get an error message:
 * “sorry you are not allowed to preview drafts”
 * Additionally, when they are viewing a page or post in WordPress as a logged in
   user, the WP admin bar that normally shows at the top of the page isn’t displayed.
   It’s as if the page is being displayed to them as a logged out user even though
   if they go to the dashboard or any other area with Admin they can function normally.
 * I confirmed that the site and URL match.
 * I updated the htaccess to use just the default.
 * Still not working correctly.

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 *  [Anass Rahou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranss/)
 * (@ranss)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-preview-drafts/#post-10351897)
 * Hello there!
 * First measure that I recommend you to do carry out is desactivate ALL your current
   active plugins, and switch to a default WordPress theme like Twentyseventeen.
 * After that, go back to your posts and try to preview your draft content, is the
   problem is solved, then definitely it is an external component that you have 
   installed.
 * Reactivate them one by one to find what one is causing that.
 * Please let me know if this solves your problem.

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-preview-drafts/#post-10351897)
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