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WP-DraftsForFriends

by Lester Chan · Social

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Now you don't need to add friends as users to the blog in order to let them preview your drafts

⚠ Few reviews
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86 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

86 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

1K+

Active installs

≈1.5K estimated

20.7K

Total downloads

since 2014

4.27★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 6 reviews

+780%

1.7K

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 58/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+780% vs prior 30d
33Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.7K

now · peak 1.7K

1.7K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

WP-DraftsForFriends · #5264 you Public Post Preview · #380 MW WP Form · #272 underConstruction · #893

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.7Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.5K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,430 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Ratings · 6 reviews

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5★
6 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.0.1
Last updated
5d ago
Added
2014-01-16 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
6.8
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
8.2
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Lu Is
    7.3y ago

    Very easy to use, and gives you the peace of mind of keeping users out of the dashboard

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  2. ★★★★★ deargeek
    9.3y ago

    If you offer a publishing service for your clients who don’t want to / need to know how to write their own posts, this is perfect. Well done!

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  3. ★★★★★ Anita C
    10.3y ago

    Great plugin! Love all of Lester’s plugins actually.

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  4. ★★★★★ davblayn
    10.9y ago

    The plugin is well made and works as designed. It’s easy to install too.

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  5. ★★★★★ Jesús Cortés
    11.5y ago

    Esta funcionalidad se encuentra en WordPress.com y me parece muy util. Este plugin lo resuelve bastante bien.

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  6. ★★★★★ ytbryan
    12.6y ago

    🙂 good job

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

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

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

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Translated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Czech 100%
Russian 64%
Swedish 45%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-27 2K+ → 1K+ down

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