Preview links break after WordPress updates
Public preview links stop working after a WordPress update, forcing visitors to log in or showing no content.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
6 public reports · first reported 26 September 2024 · last reported 17 December 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners report that public preview links, which let clients or contributors view a draft without logging in, suddenly stop working after a WordPress core update. Visitors are sent to a login screen or see missing functionality, even though the links worked before. Several reviewers say the plugin no longer does its main job, and some note it was fine until a recent WordPress release. The breakage is hard for non-technical site owners to diagnose. A compatibility check run after each core release, with clear alerts, would give agencies and small publishers confidence that their shared previews still work.
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Products affected
Public Post Preview.
Related problems
Who has this problem
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