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Local Development

by Andy Fragen on WordPress.org

Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes.

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Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Notices are placed on the plugins page and the themes page. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes.

Automatically adds plugins and themes under version control.
Automatically allows for using a local file server.
Allows for bypassing the WordPress 5.2 WSOD Shutdown Handler.
Add a warning color to admin bar when running under localhost. Default is on.
Add a git host icon to the plugins page. Default is off. No option if GitHub Updater is running.
Allows setting of WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE in wp-config.php.

Pull Requests are welcome against the develop branch on GitHub.

Requires PHP 7.4 or greater.

Active installations100+

Weekly downloads

36+176.92%(1 week)

Version2.11.0

Last updated10/8/2025

WordPress version5.4

Tested up to6.9

PHP version7.4

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