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Developers Docs

Hi! Welcome to WordPress Playground Developer documentation.

The WordPress Playground documentation is distributed across four separate hubs (subsites):

  • Documentation – Introduction to WP Playground, starter guides and your entry point to WP Playground Docs.
  • Blueprints – Blueprints are JSON files for setting up your WordPress Playground instance. Learn about their possibilities from the Blueprints docs hub.
  • 👉 Developers (you're here)– WordPress Playground was created as a programmable tool. Discover all the things you can do with it from your code in this Developers docs hub.
  • API Reference – All the APIs exposed by WordPress Playground

This docs hub is focused on Developers info and is divided into the following major sections:

  • Quick Start Guide for Developers: Begin your development journey with Playground by exploring some examples of what you can achieve using Playground APIs.

  • Local Development: Discover the tools provided by Playground to streamline the process of setting up and managing WordPress sites and build your apps.

  • Playground APIs: Explore the main APIs exposed by WordPress Playground to interact with the Playground: Query API, Blueprints, Javascript API

  • Architecture: The specifics of WordPress Playground's architecture, including its various components and tools.

  • Limitations: Learn more about the current limitations of WordPress Playground, which include disabled network connections, temporary data, iframe quirks, PHP function execution requirements, and partial WP-CLI support.