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/wordpress
▸ wp-admin
▾ wp-content
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plugins/hello.php
▸ wp-includes
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wp-config.php
wp-login.php

/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' );

/* That's all, stop editing. Happy publishing. */

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blueprint.json
landing-page.html
mu-plugin.php

/blueprint.json

{
  "$schema": "https://playground.wordpress.net/blueprint-schema.json",
  "meta": {
    "title": "Playground Welcome Landing Page",
    "author": "WordPress Playground"
  },
  "login": true,
  "landingPage": "/hello-from-playground/",
  "preferredVersions": {
    "php": "8.3",
    "wp": "latest"
  },
  "steps": [
    { "step": "runPHPWithOptions", "options": { "code": "<?php /* content */" } }
  ]
}

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Table	Rows	Size	Status
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wp_options	174	128 KB	Ready
wp_users	1	16 KB	Ready
wp_terms	8	24 KB	Ready

[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 for wp-block-library.

[21-May-2026 10:18:20 UTC] PHP Notice: Unable to read path key with value /wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyfive/style.min.css.

[21-May-2026 10:18:19 UTC] Playground route opened /hello-from-playground/.

[21-May-2026 10:18:17 UTC] Blueprint step runPHPWithOptions completed.

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