Simple Post Preview & Review - Complete Description
Category: WordPress Plugins • Platform: PHP
Simple Post Preview & Review is the complete solution for client content review and approval workflows. Share unpublished content with clients, collect feedback and approvals, receive client edits, and manage the entire review process – all without giving clients access to your WordPress admin area.
Key Features
- Secure Preview Links: Generate cryptographically secure, unique preview links for any post, page, or custom post type
- No WordPress Login Required: Clients can review content and provide feedback without creating an account
- Review & Approval System: Built-in feedback mechanism with approve/request changes options
- Client Editing: Clients can submit edited versions of title and content for your review
- Approval Workflow: Review client edits with side-by-side diff view before applying changes
- Feedback History: Track all reviews, approvals, and decisions with timestamps
- Automatic Data Cleanup: Schedule automatic cleanup of old data or manually clean as needed
- Rate Limiting: Protect against spam with configurable rate limits
- Security First: Links are hashed in the database, include noindex/nofollow headers, and are non-cacheable
- Privacy Conscious: Minimal fingerprinting for rate limiting
- Easy to Use: Simple metabox in the post editor with one-click link generation
- Dashboard Overview: Centralized view of all active preview links and their approval status
- Customizable: Configure which post types support preview links
- Developer Friendly: Clean, documented code following WordPress coding standards
Perfect For
- Agencies sharing work with clients for approval
- Publishers getting editorial feedback
- Content teams collaborating with external reviewers
- Anyone who needs to share unpublished content securely
How It Works
- Edit any post, page, or custom post type
- Click “Generate Preview Link” in the Simple Post Preview metabox
- Copy and share the secure link with your reviewer
- They can view the content and provide feedback without logging in
- See all feedback and approval status directly in the WordPress editor
Security Features
- Tokens are hashed using SHA-256 before storage
- High-entropy random token generation (64 characters)
- Preview pages include X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow
- Cache-Control headers prevent caching of preview content
- Rate limiting prevents abuse
- Easy token revocation/regeneration
Coming Soon (Premium)
- Approval gates (block publication until approved)
- Multiple reviewers with approval rules
- Email notifications
- Link expiration
- Editing/suggestions from reviewers
- Watermarks
- Slack/Teams integrations
Privacy Policy
Simple Post Preview & Review is designed with privacy in mind:
- No personal data is collected from reviewers
- A non-identifying fingerprint (hash) is used for rate limiting only
- No tracking cookies are used
- No data is sent to external services
- All data stays on your WordPress installation
Support
For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the WordPress.org support forums.
Credits
Developed with ❤️ for the WordPress community.
