Tidy Draft Share

Tidy Draft Share lets you share any unpublished WordPress post with clients, editors, or collaborators — without publishing it and without giving them a WordPress account. Generate a secure, time-limited link and send it to anyone. They will see the post exactly as it will look once published: same theme, same layout, same formatting. Why Tidy Draft Share? Most editorial workflows hit the same wall: "Can you take a look at this before I publish it?". The usual workarounds — copying text into an email, exporting a PDF, or creating a temporary user account — are clunky and error-prone. Tidy Draft Share solves this with a single click. Create a link, send it, done. The recipient sees a pixel-perfect preview of the post inside your actual theme. When the link expires, access is gone. Key features

• One-click sharing — Generate a secure link from the editor sidebar or the posts list, and copy it to your clipboard instantly
• Flexible expiration — Choose from 1 hour, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days, 30 days, or no expiration at all
• Revoke anytime — Disable any link immediately with one click; access stops on the spot
• Multiple links per post — Create separate links for different reviewers, each with its own expiration and view count
• View tracking — See how many times each link has been opened
• Works everywhere — Supports posts, pages, and any custom post type (WooCommerce products, portfolio items, etc.)
• All unpublished statuses — Drafts, pending review, scheduled, and private posts
• SEO safe — Shared previews include a noindex/nofollow meta tag automatically, so search engines never index them
• Preview banner — A clear "Draft preview" banner at the top of the page tells the reader the content is not published yet
• Expired link page — Visitors see a clean, branded message when a link has expired instead of a confusing error
• Gutenberg & Classic — Full sidebar panel in the block editor, classic meta box for older setups
• Quick share from posts list — One-click share directly from your posts table, no need to open the editor
• Clean uninstall — All data is removed from your database when the plugin is deleted

Use cases

• Share a formatted article with a client for approval before publishing
• Let an external editor proofread a draft without creating a WordPress account
• Preview scheduled content with your marketing team or stakeholders
• Send a private post to a specific person without opening it to all logged-in users

Privacy & security Every share link uses a cryptographically secure 32-character token. Token validation uses constant-time comparison to prevent timing attacks. Links are checked on every visit — expired or revoked links return a 403 immediately. No data is sent to external servers; everything stays in your WordPress database.

1. Upload the tidy-draft-share folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install directly from the WordPress plugin directory
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu
3. Edit any unpublished post and find the Share Draft panel in the editor sidebar
4. Click Create share link, choose an expiration, and share the URL

You can also create share links directly from the Posts list without opening the editor. Configuration Head to Settings → Tidy Draft Share to:

• Set the default expiration for new links
• Choose which post types support draft sharing

1.0.2

• Declared compatibility with WordPress 7.0.

1.0.1

• Removed the load_plugin_textdomain() call; translations are now loaded automatically by WordPress.org since WP 4.6.

1.0.0

• Initial release