Best preview plugins for WordPress
The most popular preview plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MW WP Form leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Public Post Preview (100K+) and underConstruction (40K+). All 107 plugins tagged “preview” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 preview plugins
- 1.
MW WP FormThe most installed preview plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 23 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 2.
Public Post Preview100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 79 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
underConstruction40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 111 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 4.
Preview E-mails for WooCommerce20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 85 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Public Post Preview Configurator10K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 6.
Theme Switcha7K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 63 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 7.
Share a Draft3K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 11 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
WP-DraftsForFriends1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Evermore1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.
Shortcode Preview Block900+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
All 107 plugins tagged “preview”
MW WP Form
Down in the last 7 days:1#272by Webの相談所1 month ago
MW WP Form is shortcode base contact form plugin. This plugin have many features. For example you can use many validation rules, inquiry data saving, …
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.2(23)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day
Public Post Preview
Up in the last 7 days:2#363by Dominik Schilling10 days ago
Allow anonymous users to preview a draft of a post before it is published.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(79)
- Downloads
- 1.9K/day
underConstruction
#903by Garrett Grimm2 years ago
Creates a 'Coming Soon' page that will show for all users who are not logged in
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(111)
- Downloads
- 71/day
Preview E-mails for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,094by digamberpradhan1 month ago
An Extension for WooCommerce that allows you to Preview Email Templates.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(85)
- Downloads
- 334/day
Public Post Preview Configurator
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,997by bjoerne5 years ago
Enables you to configure the 'public post preview' plugin with a user interface.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 126/day
Theme Switcha
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,555by Jeff Starr3 days ago
Easily switch between themes for development and testing.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.4(63)
- Downloads
- 81/day
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
WP-DraftsForFriends
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,275by Lester Chan2 months ago
Now you don't need to add friends as users to the blog in order to let them preview your drafts
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Evermore
Down in the last 7 days:34#6,001by bennettmcelwee9 months ago
Evermore automatically abbreviates all posts when they appear on a multiple-post page such as the main blog page.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Shortcode Preview Block
Up in the last 7 days:1#6,956by Ronak Ganatra10 days ago
Shows a preview of any shortcode in the editor. It renders the shortcode on the editor side so you do not need to view the front end to see the result …
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Eazy Under Construction
Down in the last 7 days:18#8,457by Rob Scott6 months ago
Creates a 'Coming Soon' page that will show for all users who are not logged in
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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
Inline Preview
Down in the last 7 days:9#10,907by Christopher Finke10 years ago
Inline Preview adds a preview of the post you're writing next to the editor when you click Preview (instead of opening it in a new tab).
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Theme Preview
Down in the last 7 days:55#11,539by Dougal Campbell10 years ago
Allows you test how a theme looks on your site without activating it.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Audio Preview for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:79#12,656by wbcomdesigns1 year ago
Add professional audio previews to your WooCommerce products. Let customers listen before they buy with support for all major audio formats and CDN se …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Cool Coming Soon
Up in the last 7 days:8#13,534by Atlas Gondal4 months ago
Fast, dependency-free Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode: layouts, countdown, local email collector, preview links and password previews.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
muv
Up in the last 7 days:61#15,795by Meins und Vogel (muv)11 months ago
Versteckt in der Entwicklungsphase befindende einzelne Seiten, Unterordner oder auch ganze Websites vor den Augen nicht befugter Dritter!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Theme Switcher Reloaded
#15,809by undoIT12 years ago
Theme Switcher Reloaded is an updated and much improved version of the original Theme Switcher. Comes with a widget and can also switch themes via URL …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Preview Link Generator
Down in the last 7 days:142#16,334by HasThemes3 months ago
Preview Link Generator is a plugin to help you create demo/preview links for your WordPress themes, plugins, HTML templates preview.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PreviewShare
Up in the last 7 days:414#16,795by Mehul Gohil24 days ago
Share WordPress draft posts with secure public preview links for anonymous reviewers without publishing or creating user accounts.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Scrape and Debug
Up in the last 7 days:98#18,562by Michael Dinerstein (Mission Mike)5 years ago
Simplify page debugging via Facebook Sharing Debugger, LinkedIn Post Inspector, Google's Structured Data Testing Tool and Rich Results Test, Page …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Generator
Down in the last 7 days:525#18,670by wpex.ir1 year ago
Generate realistic comments automatically for your WordPress posts and WooCommerce products.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
ICWT Responsive Device Preview
Up in the last 7 days:5#18,816by IN CODE WE TRUST3 months ago
Enhances the built-in WordPress editor preview with a device selection for the frontend preview. Works with classic and block editor.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShrinkTheWeb (STW) Website Previews Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:79#19,227by puravida19769 years ago
This plugin accesses the ShrinkTheWeb API to automatically replace special tags in posts with website screenshots, where desired.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Css Live Reload
Down in the last 7 days:115#19,805by Moshe Harush7 years ago
Reload all CSS Files resources on your page by just one click (if surfing via mobile Phone - shake it) without refreshing the page.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Product Preview for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:48#20,508by BeRocket15 days ago
Quick Product Preview for WooCommerce Shop Without Product Page Load
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
MW WP Form A8 Tracker
Up in the last 7 days:32#20,619by a8wpform2 years ago
MW WP Form a8 tracker is an extension plugin for MW WP FORM. This plugin can easily introduce A8.net tracking tags.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jamstack Preview and Deployments
#21,304by Emil Privér6 years ago
Make your wordpress work with JAMstack webapplications with previews and automatic deployments.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ajax Comment Preview
Down in the last 7 days:314#21,663by Michael Adams (mdawaffe)14 years ago
Visitors to your site can preview their comments with a click of a button.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Frontend Gatekeeper
Up in the last 7 days:42#22,228by Jordan Hlebarov3 months ago
Hide the public WordPress frontend behind a secret URL parameter. Anyone with the link gets in; everyone else sees a 404.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TDD Recent Posts
#23,317by Taylor Dewey15 years ago
Simple widget that displays the recent posts with a short content preview. Control the length of the content preview and number of posts
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
PWD Theme Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:98#24,285by NicolasKulka3 years ago
Change theme to see your changes without saving it just for your session.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PreviewOnEditor
Down in the last 7 days:57#24,397by macha7951 year ago
Add a post preview next to the editor.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Summary box for Wikipedia links
#24,999by Dominik Fehr5 months ago
Enhance your site with Wikipedia summary boxes! Offer instant info previews on existing and new Wikipedia links without altering your website code.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/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
Ganziq
Down in the last 7 days:216#25,548by Ahmed Salem2 months ago
Inspect, edit, validate, preview, import and export Elementor JSON in a safe workspace without replacing the original page.
- Installs
- 20+
- 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
Simple Post Preview & Review
#26,922by pianoweb9 months ago
Share secure preview links, collect client feedback and approvals, receive edits - all without WordPress login.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mini Live Preview URL
Up in the last 7 days:354#26,967by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Preview Any URL as Quick View Modal when hover over.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Quick Preview Post
Up in the last 7 days:162#27,178by truongthanhtungitvn6 years ago
Admin Quick Preview Post helps you to have quick preview post in the post management table.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Export Users
Down in the last 7 days:136#27,205by matthewprice117816 years ago
Allows for custom csv user data output. It allows you to customize the Field Separators and Encapsulators. It gives you a preview of your data that …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Saral PDF Preview for WooCommerce
#27,211by Akaal Creatives5 months ago
Add a PDF preview button to WooCommerce product pages. Customers can view a PDF sample in a lightbox without downloading.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- 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
Page Preview
Up in the last 7 days:320#29,004by handyplugins2 months ago
Quickly see how each page looks at a glance and manage your site more efficiently.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
jQuery Post Preview
#29,828by Dimox14 years ago
Live post preview on "Write/Edit post" page of WordPress admin area using jQuery.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mobile Preview
Up in the last 7 days:857#30,167by jarednova12 years ago
Provides editors a view of their page on a mobile device
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Theme Preview
Up in the last 7 days:325#31,817by Mike Martel13 years ago
Live Theme Preview allows users to preview themes on their own website before customizing or activating them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Next Upcoming Post
Down in the last 7 days:197#32,239by bjovaar4 years ago
SNUP-Widget Plugin for Wordpress that the show next upcoming post, featured image, teaser text and published date.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kakunin Modal for Contact Form 7
#32,255by torigoedesign21 days ago
Shows a confirmation modal with the entered values before a Contact Form 7 form is submitted, so visitors can review their input first.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
WP Widget Preview
#32,639by Daan Kortenbach13 years ago
Enables a preview mode for widgets. In preview mode, widgets are only visible for admins.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day