Frequently Asked Question
Sandbox / Development sites
Last Updated about a month ago
We're happy to provide temporary sandbox / development clones of your site for when you're making major changes to its look or functionality.
Open a support ticket to request a sandbox site.
Notes:
- Sandbox sites are on similar servers to production, just slower.
- They have the same software setup and at least the same options as production servers.
- Additional PHP versions will be available on sandbox servers first.
- We do not block search engine indexing on sandbox sites.
- We recommend using a "maintenance mode" plugin to hide the site from Google and friends
- We can not merge content between the production site and sandbox.
- Sandbox sites are clones of production with a search and replace done to change URL
- When launching a sandbox site, we clone it back the same way.
- Syncing sales and similar data is a task for your web developer or WP tech.
- Permanent sandbox sites are available as a hosting add-on.