Displays a customizable badge in the WordPress Admin Bar showing your environment (Local, Staging, Production) to avoid errors on live sites.
Alternatives to Webknit Environment Indicator
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Displays a color-coded DEV, STAGING, or LIVE indicator in the admin bar to prevent accidental changes on production sites.
Know at a glance which site you are editing. The admin bar changes colour and shows a LIVE, STAGING, DEV or LOCAL badge.
EnvBeaconv1.2.0
Display a colored notice in the WordPress admin bar to indicate which environment (Live, Staging, Local) your site is running on.
MieBadgev1.0.0
A persistent, draggable badge that alerts users they're on a staging site. Inspired by Kabuki mie poses that demand attention.
Display Environment Typev1.6.0
Displays WordPress 5.5's environment type setting in the admin bar and the "At a Glance" dashboard widget.
Proxy missing media to a production origin so staging and local environments don't need a full copy of the uploads directory.
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.
360 Orbit Staging Guardv1.1.1
Keeps a staging copy from doing anything real: blocks outgoing calls, catches emails, pauses scheduled tasks, keeps search engines away.
Staging Superpowersv1.3.1
Make a staging copy of your site safe to test on: blocks emails and outside services, freezes scheduled tasks, keeps search engines and AI bots out.