Title: Toys for Playground
Author: Marc Armengou
Published: <strong>September 3, 2023</strong>
Last modified: March 10, 2026

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# Toys for Playground

 By [Marc Armengou](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marc4/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/toys-for-playground.1.2.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/#installation)
 * [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/toys-for-playground/)

## Description

**Toys for Playground allows you to set up development, training, and testing environments
in WordPress Playground easily. No Playground API knowledge needed.**

Generate a custom WordPress setup in Playground with just a few clicks, including
theme, plugins, and the WordPress and PHP versions that you need.

Can be useful for developers, trainers, and testers. Test configurations risk-free,
entirely in your browser.

Available toys:

**Cloner**
 Clone site, theme, and plugins to Playground.

**Generator**
 Create a Playground from scratch, with the theme and plugins you 
want.

**Plugin Explorer**
 Explore any plugin directly from WordPress repository in Playground.

**Theme Explorer**
 Explore any theme directly from WordPress repository in Playground.

**Sharer**
 Generate Playground link of your current page for debugging or sharing.

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## Installation

 1. Go to **Plugins > Add New Plugin**.
 2. Search for **Toys for Playground**.
 3. Install and activate the **Toys for Playground** plugin.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Toys for Playground” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Marc Armengou ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marc4/)

“Toys for Playground” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/toys-for-playground/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Toys for Playground” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/toys-for-playground)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/toys-for-playground/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/toys-for-playground/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/toys-for-playground/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/toys-for-playground/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### [1.2.5] – 2026-10-03

 * Security: Escaped Settings link with esc_html__() in plugin action links.
 * Fix: Added isset() guards for $_POST[‘themes’], $_POST[‘wp_version’], $_POST[‘
   php_version’] in cloner.php to prevent PHP warnings.
 * Fix: Added isset() guard for $_POST[‘theme’] in generator.php to prevent PHP 
   warnings.
 * Code: Removed unused $plugin_basename variable from cloner.php.
 * Code: cloner.php now starts with <?php and closes the wrap div in HTML.
 * Performance: get_option(‘enable_sharer’) stored in variable to avoid repeated
   calls.

#### [1.2.4] – 2026-10-03

 * Fix: Corrected uninstall.php — removed incorrect DROP TABLE block.
 * Code: Unified function prefix to toys_for_playground_ across all files.
 * Code: Replaced echo esc_html__() with esc_html_e() in generator.php for consistency.
 * Compatibility: Tested up to WordPress 6.9.

#### [1.2.3] – 2026-10-03

 * Updated WP version selector: 6.3 to 6.9 (removed older versions below 6.3).
 * Updated PHP version selector: 7.4 to 8.5 (removed older versions below 7.4).
 * Added WP 6.9 in WP version selector.
 * Added PHP 8.5 in PHP version selector.
 * Removed changelog.txt file.
 * Improvement: wp_enqueue_script() now uses plugin version constant for cache busting.

#### [1.2.2] – 2025-10-15

 * Added WP 6.8 in WP version selector.
 * Added PHP 8.4 in PHP version selector.
 * Fix: Added text domain to ‘Settings’ link for i18n compatibility.
 * Fix: Updated uninstall script.

#### [1.2.1] – 2024-28-10

 * Added new WordPress versions in Cloner and Generator.
 * Compatibility: WordPress 6.0 – WordPress 6.7

#### [1.2.0] – 2024-13-01

 * Added latest and beta params in WP version selector.
 * Compatibility: WordPress 6.0 – WordPress 6.4
 * Compatibility: PHP 7.0 – PHP 8.3

#### [1.1.9] – 2023-10-10

 * Added Copy button in Sharer toy modal.
 * Update new Storage params

#### [1.1.8] – 2023-15-09

 * Added Sharer toy
 * Added nightly param
 * Added uninstall.php
 * Minor corrections

#### [1.1.6] – 2023-08-09

 * Hidden submenus
 * Some usability fixes

#### [1.1.5] – 2023-08-09

 * Fixes persistent storage
 * Fixes i18n
 * Separate PHP files for each tool.
 * Corrected and summarized text.
 * Added plugin information and images
 * More visible directory buttons

#### [1.1.1] – 2023-03-09

 * i18n ready
 * Added WP 6.3 WP selector in toys
 * Added Plugin Explorer
 * Added Theme Explorer
 * Rewritted the Generator toy

#### [1.0.8] – 2023-02-09

 * Compatibility: WordPress 5.9 – WordPress 6.3
 * Compatibility: PHP 5.9 – PHP 8.2
 * Added Storage option
 * Added inactive plugins and themes
 * Added WordPress & PHP version selectors
 * Added some help texts
 * Some corrections

#### [1.0] – 2023-16-06

 * First version.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.5**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.6**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [Catalan](https://ca.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/),
   [Occitan](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/),
   and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/toys-for-playground)
 * Tag
 * [playground](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/playground/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/toys-for-playground/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Marc Armengou ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marc4/)

## Support

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