Clone or template
Pull the client’s site in with the Cloner, or start from your agency template.
Clone a client site into a sandbox, make the change there, and send back a link. Sign-off first, production second.
client production
clientsite.com
untouched
sandbox copy
clientsite.sandywp.com
safe to break
Connect with a browser approval, or use a manual token when that better fits the client site.
Pull the client’s site in with the Cloner, or start from your agency template.
Work on the sandbox copy. Production stays untouched the whole time.
The client clicks around a real site magic login included if they want wp-admin.
Approval in writing against the thing they saw. Then push it live your usual way.
cloner
Install the SandyWP Cloner plugin on the client’s WordPress, approve once in the browser, and their site lands in a sandbox content, plugins, theme and all.
templates
Save a configured site as a template. Every new client project starts from your plugins, your settings, your baseline not a blank install.
share links
Every sandbox is a real public URL. Send it in the proposal; the client explores a working site, not a PDF of screenshots.
permanent sites
Promote a sandbox to a permanent site when a demo becomes a project. Same URL, no rebuild, no migration dance.
Configure a site once plugins, settings, starter content and save it as a template. New client kickoff becomes one click.
Agency starter
12 plugins · brand theme · sample pagesWooCommerce build
shop configured · payment sandbox · demo productsLanding page kit
page builder · forms · analytics stubNo. It’s a WordPress plugin install it in their wp-admin, approve once in the browser, and the site clones over. No FTP, no SQL dumps.
Yes. Every sandbox has a public URL. When a client needs wp-admin, treat the magic login as a sensitive access link and share it through your usual secure client channel.
Free plan allow you to have 2 sandboxes, paid site allow you to have more sandboxes.
Promote it to a permanent site same URL, no rebuild. Or push the change to their production host your usual way.
Sandboxes are isolated from each other. Dashboard and admin controls are scoped to your account, while the site itself is accessible to anyone with its public URL. Delete the copy when the project wraps.
Free account, clone or template, shareable URL before the discovery call ends.