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Templates

A template is a saved snapshot of a sandbox its WordPress and PHP versions plus all of its content. Build a sandbox once, save it, and create fresh copies whenever you need them.

The Templates tab with a saved template ready to launch
The Templates tab a saved template ready to launch.

What a template captures

Templates snapshot the whole sandbox: the WordPress and PHP versions, installed plugins and themes, settings, and database content. New sandboxes created from a template start exactly where the template left off.

Save a sandbox as a template

The Save as template dialog with name and description fields
The Save as template dialog name and optional description.
  1. On a ready sandbox, open the actions menu (the … button) and choose Save as template.
  2. Give it a name and an optional description.
  3. Click Save template.

The template builds in the background (status building → ready). Once ready, you can create sandboxes from it.

Create a sandbox from a template

There are a few ways:

  • In the create form, pick the template from the Templates dropdown (this locks the stack to the template's versions). See Create a sandbox.
  • On the dashboard's Templates tab, click New sandbox next to a ready template.
  • Right after saving, click Create a site from it in the progress dialog.

Manage templates

Open the Templates tab in your dashboard (or Templates in the top nav) to see each template's stack, status, and size. To remove one, click the delete (trash) button this can't be undone.

Templates have their own saved snapshot size (shown in the Size column), but storage limits are measured against your sandboxes only see Plans.

Choose where public demos open

When a ready template has a public launch link, open its Share settings and set the Demo destination. Visitors are authenticated first, then sent to that sandbox-local path.

  • /wp-admin/ opens the WordPress dashboard (the default).
  • / opens the site homepage.
  • /shop/ opens a storefront or another public page.
  • /wp-admin/site-editor.php opens the Site Editor.
Use a relative path beginning with /. External URLs are not accepted, so a launch link always keeps visitors inside the new sandbox.

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