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Development Environment

Whoops error handling, no password logins, template hints, no indexing, flush rewrites, everything a developer needs for their local development envir …

By loonpwn·Dev·Free
5(1 reviews)
·0 active installs·Updated 7 years ago
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As of April 2026, Development Environment is a WordPress dev plugin with 0 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Taxonomy Thumbnail.

5/51 reviews
0active installs
2.0K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Whoops error handling, no password logins, template hints, no indexing, flush rewrites, everything a developer needs for their local development environment.

Components

  • Disallow Indexing Turn off the public blog option. This will modify the robots.txt generation to block all search engines
  • Flush Rewrites No more weird redirection problems when working on custom post types or taxonomies.
  • No Password Logins Just stick the user in you want to login as, write anything in the password field, and it will login! Only works when connecting from local host
  • Whoops Error Handling The error screen from laravel, now in your WordPress setup
  • Template Hints See which templates are loading for the page you are on

The goal is to exchange security for ease of use, for that reason it’s important that…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25
PHP7.0+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

See changelog on (github)[https://github.com/loonpwn/wp-development-environment/releases]

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Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
1.0.6
Last Updated
Jan 14, 2019
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
5.0.25
PHP Requires
7.0+
Active Installs
0
Downloads
2.0K+
Added
Sep 24, 2017
Business
Free

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