EnvBeacon Wordpress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
EnvBeacon is a lightweight WordPress plugin designed for development teams managing multiple WordPress environments (local, staging, production). It displays a color-coded notice bar in the WordPress admin bar, making it instantly clear which environment you’re working on.
Perfect for preventing:
– Accidentally modifying content on live sites
– Publishing changes to staging instead of live
– Confusion when switching between environments
Features
- 🎨 Color-coded environment indicators (Red for Live, Blue for Staging, Green for Local)
- ⚙️ Easy-to-use settings page for URL pattern configuration
- 🔄 Automatic environment detection based on site URL
- 📋 Flexible URL patterns (simple strings, wildcards, and regex)
- 💾 Lightweight – no database overhead
- 🚀 Universal – works with any WordPress site
Quick Start
To set up the plugin:
- In WordPress admin, go to Settings EnvBeacon
- Enter your Live environment URL (e.g.,
example.com) - Enter your Staging URL pattern (e.g.,
staging.example.comorstaging-*) - Optionally customize the indicator colors
- Click Save Changes
URL Pattern Examples:
example.com– Simple string match*.example.com– Wildcard (matches staging.example.com, qa.example.com, etc.)staging|stage|qa– Regex (matches any of these words)
Any URL that doesn’t match will default to “Local” (green indicator).
Usage
Once activated and configured, the EnvBeacon will:
- Check your site’s URL on each page load
- Match it against your configured patterns
- Display a colored indicator in the WordPress admin bar
- Show the environment name (Live, Staging, or Local)
No further configuration needed!
Developer Usage
Check the current environment in your PHP code:
`php
// Get environment name (local, staging, live)
$env = envbeacon_get_current_environment();
// Get environment label (Local, Staging, Live)
$label = envbeacon_get_current_environment_label();
// In conditional logic
if (envbeacon_get_current_environment() === ‘live’) {
// Do something only on live
}
`
Disable the banner programmatically:
`php
add_filter(‘envbeacon_disable_admin_bar’, ‘__return_true’);
`
Support
For support, questions, or feature requests, please visit the plugin support forum or check the documentation in the settings page.
The plugin includes detailed URL pattern syntax help in the settings page to guide you through configuration.
License
This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.
Credits
Built for development teams who need clear environment indication.
Screenshots
EnvBeacon settings page
Red indicator on live site
