Best draft plugins for WordPress
The most popular draft plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Share a Draft leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of AMS Post And Page Duplicator (600+) and Publish View (500+). All 47 plugins tagged “draft” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 draft plugins
- 1.Share a Draft
The most installed draft plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 11 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.AMS Post And Page Duplicator
600+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 3.Publish View
500+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
Quick Drafts Access400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Public Preview URL Manager300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Bulk Post Status Update200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
Simple Preview200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.Draft Notifier
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 9.
Wp-autosave100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 10.
Postora Export for DOCX100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
All 47 plugins tagged “draft”
Share a Draft
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,922by Automattic16 days ago
Create a secure, time-limited link to a draft, so a reviewer without a WordPress account can read it before you publish.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.7(11)
- Downloads
- 77/day
AMS Post And Page Duplicator
Up in the last 7 days:2#8,474by Manoj4 years ago
For creating copy of posts and pages.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Publish View
Down in the last 7 days:27#8,830by launchinteractive9 years ago
Adds a button so you can save Publish or save Draft and view in one step.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Quick Drafts Access
Down in the last 7 days:12#9,850by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Adds links to 'All Drafts' and 'My Drafts' under Posts, Pages, and other custom post type sections in the admin menu.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Public Preview URL Manager
Up in the last 7 days:279#10,881by Sudip Debnath2 months ago
Secure, time-sensitive public preview links for drafts/scheduled posts. Fully compatible with Divi, Elementor, Gutenberg, Bricks, and more.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bulk Post Status Update
Up in the last 7 days:103#12,217by Chetan Vaghela4 months ago
Automatically change the status of WordPress posts and custom post types to Draft or Publish using bulk actions.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple Preview
Down in the last 7 days:29#12,710by Nagmay8 years ago
Let anonymous users preview a post before it is published!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Draft Notifier
Down in the last 7 days:45#14,534by Michael Adams (mdawaffe)16 years ago
Draft Notifier sends a notification email to your blog's admin address when a post written by a Contributor is Submitted for Review.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Wp-autosave
Up in the last 7 days:19#15,011by wpautosave6 years ago
"Wp-autosave" plugin is for automatically saving posts being written in the Classic Editor
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Postora Export for DOCX
Up in the last 7 days:1#15,209by abdulrehmanseo4 months ago
Download WordPress posts and drafts as properly formatted Microsoft Word DOCX files.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gtuk unpublish posts
Up in the last 7 days:77#17,101by gtuk8 years ago
Adds the possibility to set an upublish date to pages, posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Drafts
Up in the last 7 days:34#20,563by ssandison11 years ago
An editor can make changes to a live page and then save as a draft and preview before publishing over the existing page/post.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Electric Studio Auto Post Expire
Up in the last 7 days:355#20,649by James Irving-Swift12 years ago
Adds an expiry date and time to posts, pages, or custom post types after which the post becomes expired.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 1.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Draft List
Down in the last 7 days:1,599#23,094by David Artiss2 months ago
WordPress plugin to manage and promote your unpublished content.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Categories Status
Up in the last 7 days:323#24,117by Chetan Vaghela4 months ago
Add a Draft status to WordPress categories and custom taxonomy terms instead of permanently deleting them.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

Secure Draft Preview Links
Up in the last 7 days:6,012#25,181by savedprompt3 months ago
Share draft posts with anyone via a secure, time-limited preview link — no login required.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Preview Posts Everywhere
#26,396by Pawel Wawrzyniak12 years ago
This plugin allows you to preview your drafts on home, category, archive and search pages (and in many other places).
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Drafts Dropdown
#27,067by Crowd Favorite4 years ago
Adds a Drafts tab to the admin bar so that you can quickly access your draft blog posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
OneClickPublish
#27,425by yantrakaar13 years ago
This is a very basic plugin to simple toggle the status of your posts between publish and post
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PreviewFlow
Up in the last 7 days:616#27,780by Dhaval Vachhani2 months ago
Share unpublished posts, pages and products with clients through secure links that expire, need no login, and can be revoked instantly.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Draft Links
Up in the last 7 days:275#29,540by David Artiss2 months ago
Add menu links that take you straight to your drafts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Draft Post Generator
#29,788by Noah J. Stewart1 year ago
Quickly generate multiple draft posts or pages with optional hierarchical structure using hyphen-based indentation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Draft Published
Down in the last 7 days:265#30,073by Malithmcr7 years ago
Save published post or page as draft and publish it later.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Del-Post-Rev
Down in the last 7 days:603#31,876by keksus5 years ago
Delete post revisions
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

R S Contact Form
#33,129by Abu Sayed Russell5 years ago
With this Ajax compatible contact from, visitors on the website can connect with you easily. The form has advanced features that will allow you to com …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
All Post Statuses for Add Link
Down in the last 7 days:599#34,675by Dave Clements7 years ago
Adds all post statuses to the "Add Link" modal in the editor, allowing you to link to future content, draft posts, private items etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Published Post Shortcut
Down in the last 7 days:184#34,707by tamantit15 years ago
Description: Adds a link to published items under the Posts, Pages, and other custom post type sections in the admin menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
PDS Ignore Menu Items
Up in the last 7 days:1,775#36,933by Pixel Design Studio3 years ago
This plugin allows you to ignore specific menu items in the frontend, while still keeping them in the backend. This can be useful for pages that you w …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Chief Editor
Up in the last 7 days:4,905#40,676by termel6 years ago
Helps wordpress multisite "chief editor" to manage all drafts, comments, authors and "ready for publication" sends across the netw …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show All Draft Posts And Pages
Up in the last 7 days:3,187#41,548by Dostogir13 years ago
Show draft posts and page is a plugin where you can see all your entire drafts posts and pages through admin dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Post Manager
#47,192by ugcode10 years ago
Edit posts,Delete all post,Change all post to draft
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Expiry Scheduler
Down in the last 7 days:9,195#48,316by Volt Blocks1 year ago
Automatically expire posts by moving them to draft status based on expiry date/time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PGO Content Duplicator
#55,479by Paolo Melotto2 months ago
Duplicate posts, pages, WooCommerce products and public custom post types as safe drafts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LuckyFish Draft Importer
Up in the last 7 days:6,704#55,481by LuckyFishMedia3 months ago
Import structured posts or pages into WordPress as drafts using JSON or file upload, so content can be reviewed before publishing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ROBSE ONE AI
#56,319by robsejp1 month ago
Creates editable page outlines with the OpenAI API after the editor's consent, and saves reviewed content as WordPress page drafts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dumi Article Draft Creator
#56,696by Duminda Wijerathna3 months ago
Create Gutenberg article drafts from your topic and outline for manual review.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Savelo Form Autosave
Up in the last 7 days:10,347#57,670by alx5 months ago
Automatically saves form data to localStorage and restores it when the visitor returns. Zero server load. Works with any HTML form.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dynamic Draft Post
#60,572by m1k3xur5 months ago
Create draft posts or pages from selected text in the Gutenberg editor and manage link visibility based on user roles and post status.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clone Post with Unsaved Changes to a Draft
#65,445by Alimuzzaman Alim2 months ago
Duplicate or clone any post or page into a new draft — including unsaved changes — in one click, right from the block editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

First Draft Feed
Up in the last 7 days:620#68,251by Justin Nealey5 months ago
Show a post's revision history as a readable, chronological feed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Neutrope Blueprint Drafts
Down in the last 7 days:6,180#68,472by Neutrope Inc.3 months ago
Create safe drafts from content blueprints with copy profiles, preflight safety checks, source tracking, and duplicate management.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AlterCove
Down in the last 7 days:1,746#69,556by Muhammad Mujahid Sarfraz1 month ago
Prepare supported site changes privately in a workspace, preview them, resolve conflicts and publish when ready.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

YUI Preview Token
Down in the last 7 days:793#72,308by uukidev4 months ago
Issue time-limited preview tokens for headless WordPress setups. Open drafts directly in your frontend URL without long-lived credentials.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MATUQO Media Importer
#73,116by matuqo13 days ago
Upload photos, add text and create drafts. Import galleries from photo ZIPs or prepared packages with small MP4 videos.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day