More than 60 percent of all websites worldwide use the WordPress content management system (CMS). It is free, easy to install and use, and continues to be developed by a large and active community. In principle, editors can maintain content with only MS Word skills. Almost any conceivable website task can be handled by the around 60,000 plugins that are available.
But even experienced programmers have had a website suddenly stop working after installing WordPress or updating a plugin: a blank screen, a login area missing, or a broken website. This doesn’t have to happen. You can create a test environment that lets you test any possible changes to your heart’s content, without fear of errors or time pressure, and without the risk of breaking a meticulously crafted website. We show you how to create such a test environment in our WordPress staging tutorial.