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Public Post Preview

by Dominik Schilling · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Public Post Preview is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Public Post Preview
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
ocean9019 Jul 2012 to 29 Oct 2026, 118 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
6 days ago
Releases, 24 months
5
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
8.0 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Public Post Preview
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20242
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20262
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 29 Oct 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Public Post Preview
Q1 20245.0
Q2 20245.0
Q3 20243.0
Q4 20245.0
Q1 20251.0
Q2 20251.0
Q4 20255.0
Q2 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2024 and Q2 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star67
4 star3
3 star0
2 star4
1 star5
Latest low reviews

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Public Post Preview
4 May 20262,636
11 May 20266,153
18 May 20266,350
25 May 20265,741
1 Jun 20266,034
8 Jun 20266,316
15 Jun 202632,220
22 Jun 202613,446
29 Jun 202610,487
6 Jul 202610,797
13 Jul 20267,998
20 Jul 20269,331
27 Jul 20267,747
3 Aug 20267,288
10 Aug 20267,262
17 Aug 20266,743
24 Aug 20267,687
31 Aug 20268,098
7 Sep 20267,010
14 Sep 20267,643
21 Sep 20267,812
28 Sep 20268,377
5 Oct 20269,056
12 Oct 20268,784
19 Oct 202613,718
26 Oct 202611,270
2 Nov 20261,927

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 1% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version3.1.2
AuthorDominik Schilling
Added20 Feb 2009
Last updated29 Oct 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress6.6
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP8.0
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagsposts, drafts, public, preview, anonymous

Other plugins by this author: Preserve Editor Scroll Position, Disable Login Language Switcher, Disable Privacy Tools, Debug Bar Transients, GlotPress - Translation Propagation

Questions

Is Public Post Preview still maintained?

Public Post Preview was last updated on 29 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Public Post Preview safe?

Public Post Preview has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Public Post Preview?

The wordpress.org author is Dominik Schilling. Recent committers: ocean90, sivel, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Public Post Preview?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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