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Abhinavdev Environment Badge

Displays a customizable badge in the WordPress Admin Bar showing your environment (Local, Staging, Production) to avoid errors on live sites.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.5 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update23 Oct 202610d ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Abhinavdev Environment Badge version 1.1.0 as active, updated 10d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Abhinavdev Environment Badge is a lightweight, zero-bloat utility plugin created for WordPress developers, agency teams, and site owners.

Have you or your clients ever accidentally edited posts, deleted products, or updated theme options on a Live Production site believing you were safely working on a Staging or Local sandbox?

This plugin eliminates that risk by injecting an unmistakable, color-coded visual indicator directly into the top WordPress Toolbar (Admin Bar) on both backend and frontend.

Key Features

  • Intelligent Environment Detection: Automatically identifies your environment using native WordPress wp_get_environment_type(), WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE constants, or domain heuristics ( localhost,.test,.local, staging.* ).
  • Manual Override & Custom Labels: Need to specify a custom label like “Client UAT” or “Feature Branch”? Override detection with a single click.
  • Custom Color Palettes: Full control over background and text colors for each environment using native WordPress color pickers.
  • Live Settings Preview: See your badge update in real-time right inside the settings dashboard before saving.
  • System Info Dropdown: Hovering over the badge displays key diagnostic data: Active Environment, WordPress Version, PHP Version, and Host name.
  • Position Controls: Position the badge on the right or left of the admin bar.
  • Frontend Visibility Option: Choose whether logged-in administrators see the badge on the frontend or backend only.
  • 100% Native & Lightweight: Zero third-party JavaScript libraries or external CDN dependencies. Clean CSS and native WordPress Settings API.
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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • admin bar
  • local development
  • toolbar badge
  • environment
  • staging
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.5 · PHP 7.4
Update activity23 Oct 202610d ago

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Version1.0.01.1.0
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