Title: Post Preview Issue
Last modified: December 23, 2017

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# Post Preview Issue

 *  Resolved [kennypierce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kennypierce/)
 * (@kennypierce)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-issue/)
 * When I am composing a post in Admin panel, I select “Preview” once the draft 
   has been saved and instead of showing me the currently being worked on post, 
   it opens the website and shows the latest item that is live on the page. Bear
   in mind this shows in the URL as if its being a preview of something else.
 * This also happens when you choose Preview from the list of posts that are drafts
   and when choosing “View Post” from the Admin Panel as well. It only started a
   couple of weeks ago. Please help.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpost-preview-issue%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Theme Author [nobita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nobita/)
 * (@nobita)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-issue/#post-9809062)
 * Hi　@kennypierce
 * Raindrops Theme does not change the preview of the edit page
 * You are using WP-Super-Cache
 * Screenshot of your site
 * [http://www.tenman.info/wp3/manualraindrops/files/screen-shot.png](http://www.tenman.info/wp3/manualraindrops/files/screen-shot.png)
 * This is displayed when accessing with a very old browser such as IE8.
 * This is a theme-designed display, but I am not accessing with IE8.
 * This is because the cache was created unfortunately when IE 8 was accessed, so
   all the browsers are displaying IE8 cache.
 * In case of access of IE 8 or less it is advisable to perform processing that 
   does not update the cache.
 * Please check whether the cache plug-in affects the preview display.
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [kennypierce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kennypierce/)
 * (@kennypierce)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-issue/#post-9837431)
 * Hey sorry for delay in replies, holiday time. Okay so more on this.
 * I am using the latest version of Firefox and MS Edge. I do NOT use IE for any
   browsing and seldom even open the browser.
 * I didn’t see anything in the Super Cache plugin that controlled the visual and
   for a testing measurement I disabled the plugin and tried again to do a “preview”
   of an in progress post. The same result happened and it opened up the latest 
   live post to the website but with the “preview” notation above in the URL line.
 * I then switched themes to the 2015 WP Theme with the super cache plugin activated
   once again. This allowed me to see the preview of the post I was drafting. A 
   return to my Raindrops theme found the same issue manifesting.
 * I am really confused as to what is going on here. Thanks for the insight.
 *  Theme Author [nobita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nobita/)
 * (@nobita)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-issue/#post-9845927)
 * Do you say that normal display will not be done when you press the preview button?
 * The theme does not do anything special, such as redirecting when displaying the
   preview page
 * I’m tested with
 * firefox 57.0.4 (64 bit)
    WP Super Cache 1.5.9
 * The preview page was displayed correctly for me.
 * Since I do not use the super cache plugin on a daily basis, I do not know the
   setting method etc. well
 * Preview page URL is using GET query like below
 *     ```
       https://www.example.com/wp/?p=[post_id]&preview=true
       ```
   
 * Looking at the option item, for example
 * Advanced / Miscellaneous
 * Don’t cache pages with GET parameters. (?x=y at the end of a url)
 * By default, it is not checked here
 * This seems to indicate that GET queried URLs may be cached as well.
 * Please check this item, remove the cache and see how it is going.
 * In general, I think that cache should not be used for GET queried URL used in
   WordPress management screen etc.
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [kennypierce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kennypierce/)
 * (@kennypierce)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-issue/#post-9863274)
 * Hello, thank you for this, I tried the change you advised but it doesn’t do anything.
   Please bear in mind, this plug in you reference was always at the default recommended
   settings. It always worked in the past with no issue and I keep the backend on
   the site as simple as possible.
 * My hosting tested this and found the same result but when they changed my theme
   to something else with the same plugins they got the preview of an in progress
   post with no issue. There is something amiss with the theme as the Search Feature
   only brings up the homepage active post when a criteria is placed to be searched.
 * Thanks for the help on this but I don’t think its anything I’ve done or not done
   at this point since I am just writing and posting. Not much else 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [kennypierce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kennypierce/)
 * (@kennypierce)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-issue/#post-9941468)
 * I am closing this topic as its sat idle with no answer for more than three weeks.
   A switch to a different theme from Raindrops allowed me to see the Preview Post
   while doing edits so I am hoping at some point an update to the theme will rectify
   the issue I was encountering. All plugins remained active and were not the cause.
   For now I will be using a different theme since my productivity was held back
   by this issue. I liked Raindrops but need to work easier.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-issue/#post-9941468)
 * Status: resolved