Why is my project showing as a preview?

Preview links are temporary and come down after one hour. It happens for one of five reasons, and upgrading fixes all of them.

1. You've reached your plan's project limit

This is the most common cause on the Free plan.

Free and Tiny both allow one active project, so delete old projects before uploading a new one.

2. Your project is over your plan's size limit

Free accounts allow 3 MB per project, and 0.5 MB for PDFs.

See Plan limits explained: projects, uploads, visits and bandwidth for every plan.

3. You're uploading a PHP file

PHP requires a paid plan.

See Do you support PHP?.

4. Your content can't be hosted on the free plan

Some content types are restricted on the free plan.

See We're unable to host this type of content on our free plan.

5. Your project has a password field or a redirect script

Free accounts can't host a page with a password input field, or a script that redirects visitors to another page. It publishes as a preview link instead. Upgrading to any paid plan makes it permanent.

If you think we've got it wrong, email support@tiiny.host with your link and a line about what the page is.

Making it permanent

Upgrading to a paid plan publishes your project permanently and raises your limits. See our plans.

Until then, treat the preview link as a way to check how your content looks, not as hosting.

Updated on: 13/10/2026