Design 071 - Workshop Site Manager Takeover

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Launch sources are not interchangeable

Vanilla WordPress No inputs. Starts a clean WordPress site immediately. WordPress PR PR number or URL required before Preview. Gutenberg PR or branch Accepts PR number, URL, or branch name. From GitHub Connect account. Public plugins, themes, or wp-content. Token is not stored after refresh. Blueprint URL Remote blueprint JSON URL required. Import .zip Opens the native file picker and can replace the current temporary site.

Save Playground

Destination and result

Temporary

Playground name

Save in this browser Browser-backed storage. Appears in Saved Playgrounds. Save to a local directory Choose a folder on this device. Reload is tied to that directory.

Saving 3028 / 3751 files Result: site slug `/research-browser-playground/`

Saved Playgrounds

Manage workshop sites

Unsaved Playground Not saved to browser storage

Research Browser Playground Created May 21, 2026

Runtime settings

Reset and reload controls

WordPress Version PHP Version Language Allow network access Include older WordPress versions Create a multisite network

Unsaved reset discards current files and database. Stored Playgrounds show Save & Reload instead.

/wordpress/wp-config.php Editable code viewer

<?php define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );

/** Database settings */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name_here' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'username_here' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );

/** Playground keeps this file editable for experiments. */

/blueprint.json Run or inspect before applying over the site

{
  "$schema": "https://playground.wordpress.net/blueprint-schema.json",
  "landingPage": "/hello-from-playground/",
  "preferredVersions": {
    "php": "8.3",
    "wp": "latest"
  },
  "steps": [
    { "step": "login", "username": "admin" },
    { "step": "runPHPWithOptions" }
  ]
}

Early access

Database management

WordPress Playground emulates MySQL using SQLite. Database tools are improving and issue reports go to GitHub.

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

Playground logs No problems so far.

WordPress logs [info] Homepage loaded at /hello-from-playground/

PHP logs No PHP errors recorded.

Unsaved Playground