Displays a color-coded DEV, STAGING, or LIVE indicator in the admin bar to prevent accidental changes on production sites.
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Know at a glance which site you are editing. The admin bar changes colour and shows a LIVE, STAGING, DEV or LOCAL badge.
Displays a customizable badge in the WordPress Admin Bar showing your environment (Local, Staging, Production) to avoid errors on live sites.
EnvBeaconv1.2.0
Display a colored notice in the WordPress admin bar to indicate which environment (Live, Staging, Local) your site is running on.
Environment & Debug Barv1.4.2
Display your environment and debug info in the toolbar.
Never mistake a staging, development or local copy for your live site. Shows a badge in wp-admin, on the login page and on the public front end.
Don't Mess Up Prodv1.1.0
Displays an environment indicator in the admin bar.
Dev Favicon Switcherv1.5.5
Automatically switches your favicon (site icon) between production and development environments to prevent confusion.
Resonanz Email Reroutingv1.8.0
Reroute WordPress emails to a test address per environment so testing never mails real users. Optional logging and settings import/export.
Proxy missing media to a production origin so staging and local environments don't need a full copy of the uploads directory.