Saved Playground local changes
Active site My WordPress Website
W My WordPress Website Edit Site + New Howdy, admin
My WordPress Website Hello from WordPress Playground! Sample Page

Hello from WordPress Playground!

This is Playground, a WordPress that runs client-side in your browser. It is perfect for training, demonstrating plugins and themes, and testing purposes.

Note that you are logged-in as admin!

Thus, you can modify this site as you like: edit content, install plugins and play around.

Save temporary Playground

Choose a destination before this tab is refreshed

browser

Save in this browser

Copies WordPress, database, and Blueprint files into browser storage. Visible in Library on this device.

Saving 3028 / 3751 files81%
local folder

Save to a local directory

Opens a folder picker and mirrors site files to disk. Reload asks for directory permission again.

Resulting saved state Browser save creates "Research Browser Playground" with slug /research-browser-playground/ and enables rename, delete, and Save & Reload.

Library

Tabs and saved Playgrounds

NameStorageStatusActions
Research Browser PlaygroundCreated May 21, 2026 Browser storage saved
Unsaved PlaygroundLost on refresh or close Temporary memory unsaved
Theme QA MatrixCreated May 19, 2026 Local directory needs permission
Delete consequence Deleting a browser-backed Playground removes its saved files and database from this browser. Unsaved tabs can only be discarded or saved.

Site Manager

Research Browser Playground

Unsaved resetApply Settings & Reset Playground destroys the temporary WordPress site.
Stored reloadSaved Playgrounds have limited configuration options and use Save & Reload.
  • /wordpress
  • wp-admin
  • wp-content
  • wp-includes
  • index.php
  • wp-config.php
define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name_here' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'username_here' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );

/* That's all, stop editing. */
  • blueprint.json
{
  "$schema": "https://playground.wordpress.net/blueprint-schema.json",
  "landingPage": "/hello-from-playground/",
  "preferredVersions": { "php": "8.3", "wp": "latest" },
  "features": {}
}
early access

Database management

WordPress Playground emulates MySQL using SQLite. Tools are improving every week.

Database driver
MySQL emulation backed by SQLite
SQLite database path
/wordpress/wp-content/database/.ht.sqlite
Size
452 KB

Playground

No problems so far.

WordPress

No PHP notices or warnings.

PHP

error_log is empty.
Export/import result Download .zip produces a portable Playground archive. Export to GitHub starts the repository export flow; import .zip from Launch replaces the current site after confirmation.

Browser settings

Runtime defaults for the active Playground

Reset consequence Applying runtime settings on an unsaved Playground resets WordPress and discards the current database and files.