🦄 Magic Preview

Preview your Micro.blog posts. Live, like magic!

Magic Preview is your friend when you want to preview a blog post before publishing. Try the demo!

To get updates on this plug-in, follow @sod on Micro.blog.

Do you get value from Magic Preview? I'd love your support!

Hey! It's me, Sven. Magic Preview and my other plug-ins are passion projects released to the world for free. That said, donations are always welcome if you get value from my work.

💸 Donate $10 or any amount you're comfortable with. Thanks! 🙏

Bells and whistles

• 🔍 Live previews!
• 💾 Auto-save (come back later)
• 📮 Publish (via the official Micro.blog app)

Get started

Hello, fellow microblogger! 👋 This plug-in is available in the official directory. It's easy to install, but be aware that it's early in development. So bugs and weird things will happen. 😅

Install the plug-in

1. Find Magic Preview in the plug-in directory.
2. Choose the site you want to install the plug-in to.
3. Press Install.
4. Congratulations, the plug-in is installed.

Start previewing

After installing the plug-in, you should have a new page at /magic/ within a few minutes. So, for example, if your blog is at https://example.com/, the address is https://example.com/magic/.

1. Go to that page.
2. Start typing and hit 🔍 Preview when you're ready.
3. The preview opens in a new tab. Detach it to a separate window and put it side-by-side with the editor to see it update as you type. Have fun!

Pro tip: Split View in macOS works great with Magic Preview. The browser Arc has a similar feature and your browser or operating system might have one as well.

Having troubles?

Feel free to reach out to @sod on Micro.blog for additional help.