Title: Preview post?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Preview post?

 *  [jpigford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpigford/)
 * (@jpigford)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preview-post/)
 * Right now, you can sort of preview your post by saving it and viewing it in the
   admin area…but what about making a plugin so you can preview the article exactly
   how it would look on the actual site with all the formating that your site has?

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 *  [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preview-post/#post-192206)
 * Sounds good, man, code it on up! 😉
 * I would think it wouldn’t be _overly_ hard to include the template’s CSS and 
   have the preview wrap it in the appropriate `div`s. The problem with making it
   a plugin is that with all the myriad themes available with differing layouts 
   it’s almost impossible to have a “one-plugin-fits-all” solution.
 *  [fredcz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredcz/)
 * (@fredcz)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preview-post/#post-193027)
 * I think that this new plugin is what you are looking for: [http://fredfred.net/skriker/index.php/jaeaa-preview](http://fredfred.net/skriker/index.php/jaeaa-preview)
 *  [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/)
 * (@jinsan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preview-post/#post-193028)
 * I’ve been thinking about making this a built-in request for ages and ages. I 
   just found it strange that you couldn’t preview what you were going to post unless
   you hit continue&edit saving or draft and then view it that way. Even then it’s
   unstyled.
 * Nice work Fred 🙂
 *  [lolly_de](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lolly_de/)
 * (@lolly_de)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preview-post/#post-193097)
 * Thanks so much for the plugin. It’s super! Thanks Fredcz!
 *  [toughiq](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toughiq/)
 * (@toughiq)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preview-post/#post-193098)
 * hi,
    i am not quite sure, but this feature is already installed. save a new posting
   as PRIVATE. (advanced editing options). if you are logged in, you will see this
   article on the page. if not, or not as the user who wrote the post, you wont 
   see it.
 * bye, chris

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preview-post/#post-193098)
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