BreakUI Preview Pass

BreakUI Preview Pass lets you send a client a private link to a draft page. They open it in their browser, with no WordPress account and no staging site, and see the page exactly as it will look when it goes live: your theme, your page builder layout, your fonts. When they're done, they can approve the page or request changes. They can even click the exact heading, button or image they mean, and you get a screenshot of it with the spot marked. Every feature is free. There is no Pro version and nothing to unlock. Plugin homepage Private preview links

• Create a link from the page editor sidebar, the Pages list, or the BreakUI Preview Pass dashboard
• Works with drafts, pending, scheduled and private posts
• Links expire automatically after 1 hour, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days or 30 days, or never
• Revoke any link instantly
• Optional password for each link, with a limit on wrong attempts
• View counts and last viewed time (your own team's visits are not counted)
• A small "Private preview" badge shows the client when the link expires
• Clean pages for expired, revoked or wrong links

Client approval

• An "Is this page ready?" bar on the preview with Approve Page and Request Changes
• Review status in the editor and the dashboard: Awaiting review, Approved or Changes requested
• Email alerts when a client approves or sends feedback, with Reply-To set to the client's email

Point-and-click feedback

• Clients click "Point to the area on the page" and then click or tap any element
• The element is highlighted and labelled while they choose, for example Heading, Button or Image
• Links and buttons don't navigate while picking, so clients can't wander off
• Each request records the element, its text, the device, browser, operating system and screen size
• A screenshot of that part of the page is saved with the element outlined and the click point marked
• Numbered pins show where feedback was left
• Works on phones and tablets

Tablet and phone review

• Clients press Tablet or Phone to see the page at 768 or 390 pixels wide, right inside the preview
• Notes left there are saved with the screen size, so you know a problem only happens on phones

Reply threads

• Reply to any note from the Feedback screen, and optionally email the client
• Clients see your replies on the pin and can answer back, with no login
• Every reply is shown in one thread under the note

Approval history

• A timeline of who approved or asked for changes, with their email, date, device and the page version they saw
• Links to the WordPress revision that was approved
• A warning when you edit a page after the client approved it

Your brand, not ours

• Pick the button colours, the logo (your site logo or any image), the badge title and the name your clients see
• Change every client-facing text on the password screen and the review toolbar
• White label: use your own plugin name and icon in the WordPress dashboard, and hide "Secured by BreakUI Preview Pass" and the Preview Pass mark from clients

Feedback dashboard

• Every request in one place, with screenshots, filters for open and resolved, and a filter per page
• Show on Page opens the preview, scrolls to the element and highlights it
• Mark requests as resolved, reopen them, or delete them

Built for page builders Pages are rendered through the normal WordPress front end, so layouts from the block editor, Breakdance, Bricks, Elementor and other builders look exactly as they will when published. For builders that edit outside the WordPress editor, use the "Preview link" action in the Pages list. Safe by default

• Links use long random tokens. Only a hash and an encrypted copy are stored, keyed to your site's salts.
• A link opens one page, read-only. It gives no access to the dashboard, the REST API or the media library.
• Previews are never cached. BreakUI Preview Pass sends no-cache headers and supports WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache and other caching plugins.
• Previews are kept out of search engines with noindex headers, and canonical tags are removed.
• Password-protected links stay protected even if the plugin's settings change.

Privacy BreakUI Preview Pass adds suggested text to your Privacy Policy page and works with the WordPress "Export Personal Data" and "Erase Personal Data" tools. See the Privacy section below for exactly what is stored. Made by BreakUI BreakUI Preview Pass is built and maintained by BreakUI, a website template studio run by WordPress developer MD Moniruzzaman Monir. We build client sites every day, and this is the tool we wanted for sharing drafts with clients: no staging site, no client accounts, no back-and-forth over screenshots. Questions or ideas? Use the support forum on WordPress.org.

1. In your dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New Plugin and search for "BreakUI Preview Pass", or upload the plugin zip.
2. Activate BreakUI Preview Pass.
3. Open any draft page. In the Private Preview box in the sidebar, choose how long the link should last and click Create Preview Link.
4. Copy the link and send it to your client.

You can change the link path, the default expiry, which post types are available and what clients see under BreakUI Preview Pass > Settings.

1.2.0

• New: Tablet and phone review. Clients can switch the preview to 768 or 390 pixels wide and leave notes there. Each note shows the screen size it was left on.
• New: Reply threads on feedback. Your team and the client can reply to each note, from the Feedback screen or from the pin on the preview.
• New: Approval history for every page, with the client's name, email, date, device, page version and a link to the revision.
• New: "Edited after approval" warning on the dashboard, the Feedback screen and the editor box.
• New: Branding settings: logo choice (Preview Pass mark, site logo, your own image or none), approve button colour, badge title and the name shown to clients.
• New: White label tab. Rename the plugin and use your own icon in the WordPress menu and the plugin screens, and hide the BreakUI credit and mark from client screens.
• Tweak: Visits inside the tablet and phone view are not counted as extra views.

1.1.0

• New: Redesigned Preview Links dashboard with link cards, an expiry bar, a status filter and a History section.
• New: Extend a link's expiry (+1 day, +7 days or never) from the dashboard or the editor.
• New: Publish an approved page straight from the dashboard.
• New: Feedback is grouped by page, with larger screenshots, “Resolve all” and “Reply by email”.
• New: Settings tabs with a live preview of what your client sees.
• New: Choose the button colour and the text on the password screen and review toolbar, and show your own logo.
• New: Optional password on every new link, with “Copy link + password” and “Email to client”.
• New: Choose who gets emails and for which events, including the first time a client opens a link.
• New: Danger zone to revoke all links, delete all feedback, reset settings or export feedback as CSV.
• Fix: Settings could not be saved on some sites.
• Fonts (Bricolage Grotesque and Geist, SIL Open Font License) are bundled with the plugin, so nothing loads from outside servers.

1.0.0

• Initial release.