Control Center

Launch a site, inspect the current one, or adjust runtime settings.

Start a new Playground

Every route shows the input it needs before booting.

WVanilla WordPress

Boot the latest WordPress with default content.

PRWordPress PR

Test a WordPress core pull request by number or URL.

GBGutenberg PR / Branch

Try a Gutenberg pull request, branch, or release experiment.

GHFrom GitHub

Load a theme or plugin repository into the site.

URLBlueprint URL

Paste any blueprint JSON URL and run it.

ZIPImport .zip

Upload a previously exported Playground archive.

Choose playground-export.zip

Featured blueprints

Fast starts from the current gallery.

Unsaved Playground

Edit the site title, jump into WordPress, or export the current state.

Unsaved Playground. Your changes will be lost on page refresh.

Runtime settings

WordPress Version

PHP Version

Language

Network

Include older WordPress versions Create a multisite network

Destructive action. Applying these settings resets the WordPress database, uploads, plugins, themes, and edits in the running site.

File browser

Browse /wordpress and edit files in place.

▾ /wordpress

▸ wp-admin

▾ wp-content

▸ themes

▸ plugins

▸ wp-includes

□ index.php

□ wp-config.php

□ readme.html

/wordpress/wp-config.php

<?php
define( "DB_NAME", "database_name_here" );
define( "DB_USER", "username_here" );
define( "DB_PASSWORD", "password_here" );
define( "DB_HOST", "localhost" );
define( "DB_CHARSET", "utf8mb4" );

$table_prefix = "wp_";
define( "WP_DEBUG", true );

Blueprint editor

Edit JSON and run the site from the active blueprint.

□ blueprint.json

□ content.xml

□ landing-page.html

/blueprint.jsonJSON

{
  "$schema": "https://playground.wordpress.net/blueprint-schema.json",
  "meta": {
    "title": "Playground Welcome Landing Page",
    "description": "Landing page for the WordPress Playground.",
    "categories": [ "meta" ]
  },
  "login": true,
  "landingPage": "/hello-from-playground/",
  "preferredVersions": {
    "php": "8.3",
    "wp": "latest"
  },
  "steps": [
    { "step": "runPHPWithOptions" }
  ]
}

Database management is an early access feature. Playground emulates MySQL using SQLite. Report issues on the GitHub issue tracker.

SQLite database

Driver: MySQL emulation backed by SQLite
Path: /wordpress/wp-content/database/.ht.sqlite
Size: 452 KB

TableRowsSize

wp_posts4296 KB

wp_options318180 KB

wp_users116 KB

Logs

Search PHP warnings and notices from the current session.

10:18:21WARNfile_get_contents(/wordpress/wp-admin/css/view-transitions.min.css): Failed to open stream.

10:18:20NOTICEFunction wp_maybe_inline_styles was called incorrectly for wp-block-library.

10:18:17ERRORBlueprint step skipped: remote asset unavailable while network access was disabled.

Booting Playground

Loading WordPress in the browser and mounting the requested route.

Downloading WordPress core

Applying blueprint steps

Opening /hello-from-playground/