WordPress Playground

Looking for the official Playground website?

WordPress Playground website moved to wordpress.org/playground. The site you’re at now hosts the documentation.

๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi! Welcome to WordPress Playground documentation. Playground is an online tool to experiment and learn about WordPress โ€“ learn more in the [overview section](./02-overview.md).

The documentation consists of two major sections:

– [Documentation](./01-index.md) (you’re here) โ€“ Introduction, concepts, and guides

– [API reference](/api) โ€“ All the APIs exposed by WordPress Playground

This site (Documentation) is where you will find all the information you need to start using Playground. To learn more about what this fantastic tool, read [Introduction to Playground: running WordPress in the browser](https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/04/05/introduction-to-playground-running-wordpress-in-the-browser/)

Quick start

  • [Start using WordPress Playground](../02-start-using/01-index.md) in 5 minutes (and check out the [demo site](https://playground.wordpress.net/))
  • Build your first app](../03-build-an-app/01-index.md) with WordPress Playground
  • Use Playground as a zero-setup [local development environment](../04-nodejs/01-index.md#start-a-zero-setup-dev-environment-via-vscode-extension)
  • Read about the [limitations](../12-limitations/01-index.md)
  • [WordCamp Contributor Day](../14-contributor-day/01-index.md)

Take a deep dive

  • Read about [Playground APIs](../06-playground-apis/01-index.md) and basic concepts
  • Review [links and resources](../15-resources.md)
  • Choose the right API for your app <APIList />
  • Dive into the [architecture](../11-architecture/01-index.md) and learn how it all works

Get Involved

WordPress Playground is an open-source project and welcomes all contributors from code to design, and from documentation to triage. Don’t worry, you don’t need to know WebAssembly to contribute!

  • See the [Contributors Handbook](../13-contributing/01-index.md) for all the details on how you can contribute.
  • Join us in the `#meta-playground` channel in Slack (see the [WordPress Slack page](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) for signup information)

As with all WordPress projects, we want to ensure a welcoming environment for everyone. With that in mind, all contributors are expected to follow our Code of Conduct.

License

WordPress Playground is free software, and is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or (at your option) any later version. See LICENSE.md. for complete license.