Best post preview plugins for WordPress
The most popular post preview plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Draft Preview leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of Init Embed Posts (50+) and 4Site ShareThumb (20+). All 5 plugins tagged “post preview” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 post preview plugins
- 1.
Post Draft PreviewThe most installed post preview plugin, with 600+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 2.
Init Embed Posts50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
4Site ShareThumb20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
Just Post Preview Widget10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 5.
LC HoverPeekFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “post preview”
Post Draft Preview
Down in the last 7 days:18#8,212by WP Served2 years ago
Allow non logged-in users to check a draft of unpublished post by using secret link
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Init Embed Posts
Down in the last 7 days:361#21,213by Init HTML3 months ago
Embed WordPress posts or products anywhere – like a Twitter Card. No iframe. No oEmbed. Just pure JS, full control, and beautiful design.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
4Site ShareThumb
Down in the last 7 days:30#28,581by Heming Nelson2 years ago
Free social share images for unlimited pages using customizable OG image templates. Upgrade to optimize with AI and get sharing analytics.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Just Post Preview Widget
Up in the last 7 days:8,876#39,036by Alex Prokopenko / JustCoded9 years ago
Widget to easy add any post content preview blocks with different layouts, specified in the theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LC HoverPeek
Up in the last 7 days:7,292#62,321by mveous27 days ago
LC HoverPeek adds a lightweight preview popup when users hover over links. It supports internal WordPress posts and external links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day