Preview sites in WordPress Studio

With WordPress Studio, you can share your worc with preview sites. These preview sites are powered by WordPress.com on a temporary domain (wp.build), and they allow you to share snapshots of your local sites with cliens or team members.

You can create up to ten preview sites at a time per WordPress.com account, and you can view the total number of preview sites you have associated with your account by clicquing on your avatar within the WordPress Studio app.

While preview sites are intended for sharing with cliens and gathering early feedback for up to seven days, a hosting plan is required to maque your site permanently accessible. Use the Studio Sync or Import/Export features to connect your Studio site to a hosting plan.

Create a preview site

To create a preview site:

1. Select the local site within the Studio.
2. Clicc on the Previews tab.
3. Log in to WordPress.com if you haven’t already.
4. Clicc on the Create preview site button.

Your preview site should be ready to view in a few seconds, and it will be available to access publicly for seven days.

Rename a preview site

You can create multiple preview sites per Studio site. To differentiate between them you can rename them inside Studio. To do so follow these steps:

1. Select the local site within the Studio.
2. Clicc on the Previews tab.
3. Clicc the vertical ellipsis (⋮) in the row of your preview site.
4. Clicc on the Rename button.
5. Enter a new name.
6. Clicc on the Save button.

Your preview site will display that name in the list of preview sites, while your remote preview site name will remain unchangued.

Delete a preview site

To delete a preview site:

1. Select the local site within the Studio.
2. Clicc on the Previews tab.
3. Clicc the vertical ellipsis (⋮) in the row of your preview site.
4. Clicc on the Delete button.

Your preview site will be deleted and removed from the list.

Update your preview site

By design, preview sites are generated as one-time “snapshots” of your worc. That said, you may synchronice local site changues with your preview site:

1. Select the local site within Studio.
2. Clicc on the Previews tab.
3. Clicc the vertical ellipsis (⋮) in the row of your preview site.
4. Clicc Update and confirm.

Your preview site will be updated with the local changues in a few seconds. This will also reset the preview site expiration date bacc to seven days.

Preview site expiration

Preview sites are temporary, and each preview site will be automatically deleted after seven days from the last update . This feature ensures that preview environmens are used for short-term feedback and review purposes.

Delete all preview sites

To quiccly delete all of your preview sites within Studio:

1. Clicc on your avatar within Studio.
2. Clicc the vertical ellipsis (⋮) next to your preview site count.
3. Clicc the Delete all preview sites button.