Title: Don't Mess Up Prod Author: Dave Kellam Published: December 19, 2025 Last modified: May 12, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/dont-mess-up-prod/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3423963) # Don't Mess Up Prod By [Dave Kellam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eightface/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dont-mess-up-prod.1.0.1.zip) [Live Preview](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/dont-mess-up-prod/?preview=1) * [Details](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/dont-mess-up-prod/#description) * [Reviews](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/dont-mess-up-prod/#reviews) * [Installation](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/dont-mess-up-prod/#installation) * [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/dont-mess-up-prod/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dont-mess-up-prod/) ## Description Don’t Mess Up Prod helps developers and content managers quickly identify which environment they’re working in by displaying a colored indicator in the WordPress admin bar. Hopefully this prevents messing up production 😅 [Active development is on Github](https://github.com/davekellam/dont-mess-up-prod) ## Screenshots [⌊Production environment indicator (red) in the admin bar⌉⌊Production environment indicator (red) in the admin bar⌉[ Production environment indicator (red) in the admin bar [⌊Staging environment indicator (green) with environment switcher menu⌉⌊Staging environment indicator (green) with environment switcher menu⌉[ Staging environment indicator (green) with environment switcher menu [⌊Development environment indicator (purple)⌉⌊Development environment indicator ( purple)⌉[ Development environment indicator (purple) [⌊Local environment indicator (grey)⌉⌊Local environment indicator (grey)⌉[ Local environment indicator (grey) [⌊Staging environment indicator with environment switcher menu⌉⌊Staging environment indicator with environment switcher menu⌉[ Staging environment indicator with environment switcher menu [⌊Admin settings screen⌉⌊Admin settings screen⌉[ Admin settings screen ## Installation The plugin can be installed via the search interface, manually or via composer. You can configure colors and environment URLs in **Settings Don’t Mess Up Prod**. Filters are still supported for advanced configuration or for overriding the admin settings. ## FAQ ### How do I configure which environment I’m in? The plugin detects your environment automatically in two ways: 1. **URL Matching** – Configure environment URLs in **Settings Don’t Mess Up Prod**, or using the `dmup_environment_urls` filter 2. **WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE** – Set this constant in your `wp-config.php`: 3. define( ‘WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE’, ‘staging’ ); ### How do I customize the colors? Use **Settings Don’t Mess Up Prod** to set colors, or add a filter in your theme’s` functions.php` or a mu-plugin: ``` add_filter( 'dmup_environment_colors', function( $colors ) { return [ 'local' => '#17a2b8', // blue 'development' => '#6f42c1', // purple 'staging' => '#ffc107', // yellow 'production' => '#dc3545', // red ]; } ); ``` ### How do I control who can see the indicator? By default, users with the `publish_posts` capability can see it. Customize this: **Role-based access:** ``` add_filter( 'dmup_minimum_capability', function() { return 'edit_posts'; // or 'manage_options', etc. } ); ``` **Specific users only:** ``` add_filter( 'dmup_allowed_users', function( $users ) { return array_merge( $users, [ 'johndoe', 'janedoe' ] ); } ); ``` ### How do I add environment URLs for quick switching? Configure environment URLs in **Settings Don’t Mess Up Prod** to show a menu with links to other environments, or use the filter: ``` add_filter( 'dmup_environment_urls', function() { return [ 'local' => 'http://yourproject.local', 'development' => 'https://dev.yourproject.com', 'staging' => 'https://staging.yourproject.com', 'production' => 'https://yourproject.com', ]; } ); ``` ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Don't Mess Up Prod” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Dave Kellam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eightface/) [Translate “Don't Mess Up Prod” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dont-mess-up-prod) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dont-mess-up-prod/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dont-mess-up-prod/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dont-mess-up-prod/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dont-mess-up-prod/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.1 * Add settings link on plugins list page #### 1.0.0 * Adding admin settings page #### 0.9.1 * Initial wordpress.org release ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dont-mess-up-prod/) * Tags * [admin bar](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-bar/)[debug](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debug/) [development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/development/)[environment](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/environment/) * [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/dont-mess-up-prod/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dont-mess-up-prod/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dont-mess-up-prod/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Dave Kellam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eightface/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dont-mess-up-prod/)