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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Preview

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Preview

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for preview comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Fonts Plugin Best overall 91/100
  2. 2. SureRank SEO 90/100
  3. 3. Public Post Preview 87/100
  4. 4. Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 86/100
  5. 5. FameTheme Demo Importer 85/100
  6. 6. YITH WooCommerce Quick View 84/100
  7. 7. Visual Link Preview 83/100
  8. 8. Product Configurator for WooCommerce 83/100
  9. 9. Theme Switcha 82/100
  10. 10. Better Robots.txt 82/100
  11. 11. Advance Custom HTML 81/100
  12. 12. MW WP Form 80/100
  13. 13. WP-DraftsForFriends 80/100
  14. 14. Taxonomy CSV Import Export 80/100
  15. 15. Lazy Load for Videos 79/100
1 Fonts Plugin
Best overall Free by fontsplugin

Fonts Plugin

The #1 fonts plugin for WordPress. 1,400+ Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts and your own font files. Live preview, no code required.

5★
from 1,220 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
91

WPScore

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2 SureRank SEO
Free by Brainstorm Force

SureRank SEO

Lightweight SEO assistant for meta tags, schema and structured data, XML sitemaps, Open Graph previews, robots.txt, and Search Console.

4.8★
from 41 ratings
400k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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4 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags
Free by Saad Iqbal

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags

Control how your WordPress posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and custom post types look when shared on Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Slac …

4.6★
from 122 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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5 FameTheme Demo Importer
Free by FameThemes

FameTheme Demo Importer

From blank install to designer-built WordPress site in one click. Browse starter templates, preview them live, and import the one you love — pages, pl …

5★
from 1 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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10 Better Robots.txt
Free by Pagup

Better Robots.txt

Replace the default WordPress robots.txt workflow with a smarter, structured version you can preview before publishing, with Free, Pro, and Premium ed …

4.5★
from 102 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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11 Advance Custom HTML
Free by bPlugins

Advance Custom HTML

Display HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP & Python code snippets in WordPress with live preview, syntax highlighting, and a copy button.

2.5★
from 4 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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12 MW WP Form
Free by Webの相談所

MW WP Form

MW WP Form is shortcode base contact form plugin. This plugin have many features. For example you can use many validation rules, inquiry data saving, …

4.2★
from 23 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 6.4.10
80

WPScore

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13 WP-DraftsForFriends
Free by Lester Chan

WP-DraftsForFriends

Now you don't need to add friends as users to the blog in order to let them preview your drafts

5★
from 6 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
80

WPScore

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14 Taxonomy CSV Import Export
Free by Md.Rakib Hossen

Taxonomy CSV Import Export

Import and export WordPress taxonomy terms and users via CSV. Register custom taxonomies, create terms, and preview exports — all from the admin.

5★
from 3 ratings
900+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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15 Lazy Load for Videos
Free by kevinweber

Lazy Load for Videos

Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click.

4.4★
from 105 ratings
9k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
79

WPScore

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