Best public plugins for WordPress
The most popular public plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Public Post Preview leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Public Post Preview Configurator (10K+) and Simple Preview (200+). All 12 plugins tagged “public” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 public plugins
- 1.
Public Post PreviewThe most installed public plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 79 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Public Post Preview Configurator10K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.
Simple Preview200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
PlacePress30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Secure Draft Preview Links30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
Front-End Users10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 7.
Token Access10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
Public Profil10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 9.
Non Cache Public Post Preview10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 10.
Super Public Post PreviewFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 12 plugins tagged “public”
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
Public Post Preview Configurator
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,999by 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
Simple Preview
Up in the last 7 days:11#12,650by Nagmay8 years ago
Let anonymous users preview a post before it is published!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PlacePress
#24,551by Center for Public History + Digital Humanities2 months ago
An elegant mapping solution for public historians, urbanists, and other humanities researchers.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Secure Draft Preview Links
Up in the last 7 days:6,563#24,809by savedprompt3 months ago
Share draft posts with anyone via a secure, time-limited preview link — no login required.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Front-End Users
#32,787by tombenner15 years ago
Hides the WordPress admin section from specified user roles, allows users to edit their settings from the front-end, and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Token Access
Up in the last 7 days:1,493#32,976by Anthony1 year ago
Limit access to the site to those with a cookie token. Visitors without the cookie see a customisable "coming soon" style of page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Public Profil
#41,875by Franz Wieser7 years ago
Public Profil - Benutzerdaten auf Seiten oder Beiträge per Shortcode anzeigen
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Non Cache Public Post Preview
#42,985by Hinaloe9 years ago
Disable cache when show public post preview post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Super Public Post Preview
Up in the last 7 days:3,127#53,760by INVELITY7 years ago
Create and share link to anonymous users for preview any post before it is published.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day