Share a Draft

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1. ★★★★★ zoegarden

   4.8y ago

   when I use it to share w/ friends, they say it gives a 404 error

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2. ★★★★★ franfoto

   9.1y ago

   Easy to use and very useful.

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3. ★★★★★ Jason King

   11.6y ago

   Only works with Posts. Not Pages or custom post types. That limits its usefulness. It didn’t need a separate link in the dashboard menu. Would have been better to put a link to share a draft next to the post titles.

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4. ★★★★★ weiganri

   11.8y ago

   I’ve tried the plugin on my Blog to give a friend access to a long report I wrote. It had 1100 Words and after I used this plugin the half text disappeared. Only the recover feature made it possible to get my post back. A better alternative ist Share Drafts Publicy which is also available in the wordpress plugin directory.

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5. ★★★★★ enri1968

   12.8y ago

   It’s simple and useful, I like very much this plugin.

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6. ★★★★★ Radhe

   12.8y ago

   Really nice handy plugin. Need improvement in UI and I hope it will support CPT as well in the future. Thanks

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7. ★★★★★ dbonomo

   13.2y ago

   If for some reason you are stuck without a development server, this plugin can save a lot of headache.

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8. ★★★★★ sillinguist

   13.5y ago

   I have been using this plugin for about 8 months. It is really functional. However, there is one fluke thing which I find a bit annoying. That is when one shares a draft. That is the version of the content that anyone with that link will see. So, if the author goes in and updates the content. They have to re-share the draft and then circulate the new link. This gets old if the draft is being worked on while it is also being reviewed by several people.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6 Fixed PHP 8.x deprecation notices for undeclared class properties Shares whose post has since been deleted no longer emit warnings, and can now be removed Expiry times no longer read “14 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes” Fixed a 1.6
2. — Version 1.5 Test with newest WordPress versions Update copy Removed seconds as a granularity level Light cleanup of the almost 10-year old code 1.5
3. — Version 1.4 Included your own scheduled posts to the list The link is now a real link Dropped PHP4 support Internal improvements Italian translation thanks to gidibao’s Cafe (http://gidibao.net/) French translation thanks to Nicolas 1.4
4. — Version 1.3 Fix draft links for installs where WordPress URL is different from website URL 1.3
5. — Version 1.7 Fixed shared draft previews breaking the header and other template parts on block themes (e.g. Twenty Twenty-Five) Added a one-click button to copy a shared draft’s link to the clipboard Redesigned the Share a Draft scre 1.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 10 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-04 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-07-01 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-06-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 393 days in tier
4. 2024-06-01 5K+ → 4K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• Korea SNS 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Quick Drafts Access 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
• AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A

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Share a Draft: 3K+ active installs, 3.7★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shareadraft