Lookit WP Playground – WordPress Plugin

Download Lookit Design Playground

One click launches a disposable, browser-only WordPress demo site. Nothing touches your live site

Lookit Design Playground for WordPress Free
Version 0.6.0
Requires WordPress 6.4+
Requires PHP 8.1+
Tested up to WordPress 7.0

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How to install
  1. Download the .zip file using the button above
  2. Go to your WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins → Add New
  3. Click Upload Plugin and select the downloaded .zip file
  4. Click Install Now, then Activate
  5. Open the Playground menu in your WordPress sidebar
  6. Click Launch demo site and a fresh Lookit demo opens right in your browser

See How It Works

Try It Yourself

Click on the actual Handicap Icon located in the upper right corner, and the accessibility options menu will appear.

Try It Yourself

Click on the actual Handicap Icon located in the lower right corner, and the accessibility options menu will appear.

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Disposable WordPress Sites For Demos, Testing & Training

Use Case User Type Key Benefit
Show a live demo Sales & account managers Open a full Lookit sample site in the browser, no hosting to spin up
Test in a sandbox Designers & developers Try a theme, layout, or setting in a throwaway site with zero risk
Train someone new Agencies & onboarding Teach WordPress safely; the demo resets the moment the tab closes
Pick the environment Developers Choose PHP and WordPress versions, and land on the home page or dashboard

Instant Client Demos

Showing a client or teammate what a Lookit site looks like usually means spinning up hosting, installing WordPress, loading content, and applying styling: an afternoon of setup for a five-minute conversation. Design Playground removes all of it.

One click opens a complete Lookit sample site (home, four service pages, an about page, a contact page, six blog posts, a navigation menu, and a matching stylesheet) running entirely in the browser via WordPress Playground. No server, no login, no setup. Close the tab and it's gone.

Risk-Free Sandbox Testing

Sometimes you just need to try something (a block layout, a theme setting, a bit of CSS) without touching a real site. Testing on staging still means clean-up afterward, and testing on production is never a good idea.

Design Playground gives you a disposable WordPress instance that lives only in your browser. Experiment freely, break whatever you want, and when you're done, close the tab. Nothing you do reaches your live site, and there's nothing to reset or roll back.

Safe WordPress Training

Training someone on WordPress is nerve-wracking when the only environment available is a real, live site. One wrong click on a client site can mean real damage and a real support ticket.

With Design Playground, every trainee gets their own throwaway WordPress to click around in, pre-loaded with realistic content so the lesson feels real. Mistakes cost nothing, because the demo resets when the tab closes, so the next session always starts fresh.

Choose Your Environment

Not every demo or test should run on the same setup. You might need to check how something behaves on an older PHP version, preview the latest WordPress release, or drop a client straight onto the dashboard instead of the front page.

Before launching, Design Playground lets you pick the PHP and WordPress versions and choose your landing screen. It's a clean WordPress with content and styling only, with no plugins installed, so what you're testing is WordPress itself, not someone else's stack.

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