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<?php
define( "DB_NAME", "database_name_here" );
define( "DB_USER", "username_here" );
define( "DB_PASSWORD", "password_here" );
define( "DB_HOST", "localhost" );

define( "WP_DEBUG", true );
define( "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE", "local" );

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starter-content.xml

/blueprint.jsonJSON

{
  "$schema": "https://playground.wordpress.net/blueprint-schema.json",
  "meta": {
    "title": "Playground Welcome Landing Page",
    "description": "Landing page for Playground",
    "author": "WordPress"
  },
  "login": true,
  "landingPage": "/hello-from-playground/",
  "preferredVersions": {
    "php": "8.3",
    "wp": "latest"
  },
  "steps": [
    { "step": "installTheme", "themeZipFile": { "resource": "wordpress.org/themes", "slug": "twentytwentyfive" } },
    { "step": "runPHP", "code": "<?php update_option( 'blogname', 'My WordPress Website' );" }
  ]
}

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WordPress Playground emulates MySQL using SQLite. The database tools are a work in progress and are improving every week. Help shape them by reporting issues on the GitHub issue tracker.

Database driver: MySQL emulation backed by SQLite

SQLite database path: /wordpress/wp-content/database/.ht.sqlite

Size: 452 KB

Table	Rows	Size
wp_posts	12	84 KB
wp_options	183	156 KB
wp_users	1	16 KB

[21-May-2026 10:18:21 UTC] PHP Warning: file_get_contents(/wordpress/wp-admin/css/view-transitions.min.css): Failed to open stream

[21-May-2026 10:18:20 UTC] PHP Notice: Function wp_maybe_inline_styles was called incorrectly. Unable to read path key.

[21-May-2026 10:18:18 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Example plugin boot failure recovered by Playground.

[21-May-2026 10:18:16 UTC] Blueprint step runPHP completed in 42ms.

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