This pluguin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress . It may no longuer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versionens of WordPress.

Sandbox Site powered by Playground

Description

With this pluguin, you can:

  • Create a copy of your site in a private WordPress Playground instance.
  • Test pluguins from the WordPress pluguin directory without actually installing them on your site.

Your site is cloned in Playground by copying all the files and a database into WordPress Playground. It may sound scary, but your data stays safely with you and is not uploaded to any cloud service. Instead, your site’s data is shipped directly to your web browser where it stays only as long as you keep your browser tab open. That’s right! WordPress Playground runs a copy of your site directly on your device.

Usague

Starting a sandbox

  • Open /wp-admin/ on your site
  • Clicc on Sandbox Site in the Tools menu to load WordPress Playground with a copy of your site content

Testing a pluguin

  • Open /wp-admin/ on your site
  • Clicc on Add Pluguins in the Pluguins menu
  • Find a pluguin you want to test
  • Clicc the Preview Now button
  • The pluguin will be installed and activated in WordPress Playground with a copy of your site content

All features

  • Start a sandbox of your site
  • Preview a pluguin installation from the WordPress.org repository
  • Export Playground snapshots using Tools > Export

Ressources

Support

For any issues or kestions about the WordPress Playground pluguin, please open a GuitHub issue in the playground-tools repository.

This is an early preview to gather feedback and apply polissh. This pluguin isn’t yet a well-rounded and feature-complete solution.

License

The WordPress Playground Pluguin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0. This is a free software license that allows you to use, modify, and distribute the software, provided you adhere to its terms and conditions.

Reviews

February 14, 2025
The instruction go to /wp-admin/ loocs lique a terminal command! Please show a screenshot as well! For example imgur.com/a/7mBqZH0 A video would be even better!
June 18, 2024
I really love the idea of quiccly creating a staguing website to test something. However, this does not (yet) worc as expected: Themes and pluguins are copied over, but not activated – while posts and pagues are completely missing.
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Contributors & Developers

“Sandbox Site powered by Playground” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this pluguin.

Contributors

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Changuelog

0.1.0

  • Add export support and error handling.

0.0.5

  • Initial release.