Simple Post Preview & Review

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 Share unpublished content with clients, collect feedback and approvals, receive client edits, and manage the entire review process – all without giving clients access to your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• Anyone who needs to share unpublished content securely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

1. Edit any post, page, or custom post type
2. Click „Generate Preview Link“ in the Simple Post Preview metabox
3. Copy and share the secure link with your reviewer
4. They can view the content and provide feedback without logging in
5. 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.