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WP-ngrok

Expose your local WordPress to the world. only work in your localhost

By Theme.id·Debug·Free
3(1 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP-ngrok is a WordPress debug plugin with 30 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

3/51 reviews
30active installs
6.2K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

Expose a WordPress local web server to the internet ngrok allows you to expose a web server running on your local machine to the internet.
This plugin works by hooking to the start and end of the page creation and capturing it into an output buffer, it then uses the URL from the database for a str_replace, stripping it out before sending back out to the shutdown hook. This means that I can share either the HTTP or HTTPS versions of the ngrok URLs.

How To Use

Step One: Install ngrok

Download and install ngrok here https://ngrok.com/download

Step Two: Install WP-NGROK

  1. Upload wp-ngrok.zip folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. run command in your terminal

    ~/ngrok http -host-header=localdomain.test 8888

    Step Thre…

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Ratings & Reviews

31 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10
PHP8.0+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
1.1.2
Last Updated
Dec 4, 2022
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.1.10
PHP Requires
8.0+
Active Installs
30
Downloads
6.2K+
Added
Dec 3, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

debugngroklocalhostdevelopmentlocal server

Developer

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Theme.id
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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