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Easy Preview As
Preview the public site as Guest or as a user group, without creating a user or logging in as someone else.
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Works with
Joomla 4
Joomla 5
Joomla 6
What can Easy Preview As do for you?
Built for real Joomla sites
Easy Preview As opens the public site the way Guest or a chosen user group sees it.
Public site
See it as that group
Menus, modules, and articles
They follow the access of Guest or the groups you chose.
No new user
The preview does not create an account and does not log you in as someone else.
Accounts stay as they are
Passwords, groups, and other accounts are not changed.
While it is open
Read only
Forms and logins are blocked
Write actions wait until you exit the preview.
What that group can see
The page shows the menus and modules that group is allowed to see.
Exit to continue
Sign in or submit a form after you leave the preview.
Switch and exit
Toolbar on the site
Active group
The bar names Guest or the groups in this preview.
Switch
Move to another allowed group and return to the same page.
Exit
Ends the preview and restores the public site.
It ends on its own
Timed session
15, 30, 60, or 120 minutes
You pick the length in Configuration.
Default is 30 minutes
There is no never-expire option.
Or click Exit
The preview also ends as soon as you leave it.
Limits
Super User stays off
Never listed
Super User groups cannot be previewed.
Privileged groups
Manager and Administrator appear only when you allow them.
Public site only
The preview does not open the administrator area.
Start again
Saved presets
A name and a set of groups
Save a combination and open it from the dashboard.
Component and system plugin
One package installs both. Joomla 4, 5, and 6.
Manage Presets
That permission is separate from Start Preview.
Docs & setup
Get up and running fast
Written guides for installing and configuring Easy Preview As — from first setup to the options that matter.
- Installation steps
- Configuration options
- Practical usage tips
Pricing
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Compatible with
Joomla 4
Joomla 5
Joomla 6
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Common questions
How preview works, who can start one, and what it does not change.
It lets an administrator open the public site as Guest or as one or more user groups, so you can see menus, modules, and articles the way that group sees them. It does not create a user and it does not log you in as someone else.
No. Passwords, groups, and other accounts stay as they are. The preview is read-only: forms and logins are blocked until you exit.
No. Preview opens the public site only. Requests to the administrator area are not served as a preview.
No. Super User groups are never listed. Manager and Administrator are hidden unless you turn on Allow privileged groups in Configuration.
Super Users can start a preview. Other groups need the Start Preview permission. On a new install, the Administrator group receives that permission. Manage Presets is a separate permission.
Until the session time you set in Configuration, or until you click Exit on the site toolbar. The choices are 15, 30, 60, and 120 minutes. The default is 30 minutes.
A preset stores a name and a set of groups. From the dashboard you can start that combination again without ticking the groups each time.
Joomla 4, 5, and 6, with PHP 8.1 or newer. The package is English only.
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