Plugin info

Total downloads: 17,607
Active installs: 2,000
Total reviews: 6
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 8/9/2023 (875 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 1/16/2014 (11 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.3.7
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 875 days ago • 6 reviews

22/100

Is WP-DraftsForFriends abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 875 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.7
Tested up to: 6.3.7
Requires PHP: f

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Description

This plugin will generate a unique link that you can send to your friends to allow them to preview your draft before they are published. You are able to set the expiry for the link as well.

Modified from Drafts for Friends originally by Neville Longbottom.

Build Status

Development

Credits

Donations

I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks, I will really appreciate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligations.

Installation

  1. Upload wp-draftsforfriends folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the WP-DraftsForFriends plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. You can access WP-DraftsForFriends via WP-Admin -> Posts -> Drafts for Friends

Frequently Asked Questions

Coming soon …

Review feed

Anita C
9/3/2016

Love this!

Great plugin! Love all of Lester's plugins actually.
Jon Brown
1/5/2017

Cool!

Works great!

Screenshots

  1. WP-DraftsForFriends Administrator Page

    WP-DraftsForFriends Administrator Page

  2. Extending Expiry of Shared Draft

    Extending Expiry of Shared Draft

  3. Previewing shared draft

    Previewing shared draft

Changelog

Version 1.0.2

  • It now supports Multisite Network activation

Version 1.0.1

  • Extend shared drafts is now works

Version 1.0.0

  • Uses it’s own table “wp_draftsforfriends” instead of relying on the “shared” field in wp_options
  • New “Date Created”, “Date Extended” and “Expires After” column
  • Pagination of shared drafts is now supported
  • Sorting of shared drafts is now supported
  • If you have “edit_others_posts” capabilities (Super Admin, Admin & Editor), you are able able to see and share all draft posts
  • Author on the other hand will be able to see and share his/her own draft posts
  • When your friend view the draft post, the comment’s status is now closed
  • Link hash now check for expiry as well
  • Link hash is no longer 8 characters with special characters, it is now 32 characters with no special characters
  • Added nonce security check
  • Added a 32×32 icon to the plugin from http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons
  • Moved JavaScript and CSS files out of the plugin code into it’s own file and hence there is a new “js” and “css” folder
  • Adding, deleting and extending of shared draft is now AJAXify, it is still backward compatible with browsers that does not support JavaScript
  • phpDoc comments are added to the code
  • Fix PHP notices

0.0.1

  • Initial release