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WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by timeon »

zztop44 wrote: post #114
ehnto wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are many functionally perfect substitutes, unfortunately the WordPress value proposition is actually it's ecosystem of plugins, developers and advocacy of it's users. We've all met the client who wants WP and nothing else. And there are countless times we've rolled a clean new solution out, but the client goes back to WP. I have seen value in hybrid approaches, a custom app written in some other framework for c…

What are some of the best alternatives you know of? I know Statamic and Ghost both have their strong points.

Ghost can't be used on random shared hosting. Maybe Statamic can but it is probably not straightforward.

VPS is I think better solution anyway. However for many people it is overkill to have VPS just to run some simple website.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by gnz11 »

coliveira wrote: post #57
toddmorey wrote: post #14

"Whether you want to build a note-taking application for mobile devices, an automated testing environment, or demo a live WooCommerce store on your site – Playground will support you." The last two make a ton of sense, but the idea of building a mobile app that's powered by Wordpress running PHP in webassembly in the browser is wrecking my brain.

It makes complete sense. Php web stack is very light compared to Python/node, so it makes sense it can be embedded in the browser.

The part that doesn’t make sense is using Wordpress as an application framework.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by mst »

photomatt wrote: post #178
toddmorey wrote: post #14

"Whether you want to build a note-taking application for mobile devices, an automated testing environment, or demo a live WooCommerce store on your site – Playground will support you." The last two make a ton of sense, but the idea of building a mobile app that's powered by Wordpress running PHP in webassembly in the browser is wrecking my brain.

The notes app is a real thing! https://wptavern.com/blocknotes-app-runs-wordpress-natively-...

This is ridiculous and also somehow wonderful and I mean that entirely positively.

My compliments to everybody involved.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by timeon »

gamblor956 wrote: post #39

WordPress exposes a huge divide in the HN crowd: - one group recognizes WordPress for what it is: a value-multiplier used by non-coders for websites so they don't have to deal with the coding and can focus on their core competencies - the other group hates WordPress because of the ugly codebase, and meanders off to work on their own perfectly formatted, ultra-scalable code that has no little to no value because it's…

> ugly codebase

Ugly codebase is often popular choice - ie. Tailwind CSS.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by poliuk »

goldenkey wrote: post #148
photomatt wrote: post #115

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Just come to WP.com and we'll run it super-fast, auto-updated, and secure for $25/mo.

Does wordpress.com used a forked version? Last time I remember that the custom themes were limited for the hosted solution. Maybe this was for performance reasons?

It's not a fork, is WordPress running on the best infrastructure possible: http://wordpress.com/hosting

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by globalise83 »

Just tried installing woocommerce and adding a product, but got a bug:

Warning: require(/wordpress/wp-includes/post.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /wordpress/wp-settings.php on line 2

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required '/wordpress/wp-includes/post.php' (include_path='.:') in /wordpress/wp-settings.php:2 Stack trace: #0 /wordpress/wp-config.php(11): require_once() #1 /wordpress/wp-load.php(2): require_once('/wordpress/wp-c...') #2 /wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php(2): require_once('/wordpress/wp-l...') #3 /wordpress/wp-admin/post.php(2): require_once('/wordpress/wp-a...') #4 {main} thrown in /wordpress/wp-settings.php on line 2 There has been a critical error on this website.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by flaxton »

This looks interesting, but a better option in my opinion is to use the Local app (on Mac) to install a lightweight VM running WordPress in seconds. Then you have all the tools, for example phpmyadmin and MySQL database management, all running locally on your Mac, and with Internet access. Open Source and free to use.

https://localwp.com

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by quickthrower2 »

desas wrote: post #172
quickthrower2 wrote: post #151

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Sure but you had to install wordpress on your PC: hard or server: easier but cost $ on top of the static hosting bill

WordPress is both free and open source, what are the extra dollars for?

If you don’t run it locally, then server rental.

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by mateomorris »

zztop44 wrote: post #114
ehnto wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are many functionally perfect substitutes, unfortunately the WordPress value proposition is actually it's ecosystem of plugins, developers and advocacy of it's users. We've all met the client who wants WP and nothing else. And there are countless times we've rolled a clean new solution out, but the client goes back to WP. I have seen value in hybrid approaches, a custom app written in some other framework for c…

What are some of the best alternatives you know of? I know Statamic and Ghost both have their strong points.

Primo is another

Re: WordPress Playground: A WordPress that runs entirely in the browser

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Post by nagpai »

michelb wrote: post #179
photomatt wrote: post #115

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Just come to WP.com and we'll run it super-fast, auto-updated, and secure for $25/mo.

I've got a client using LearnDash, BuddyBoss, WPML, ACF and Woo for their subscription platform. It's dog-slow on the uncached pages, even on a very beefy server with only 5 concurrent users, choking the database apparently. Serving only 2 countries so don't need a CDN per se. (Why) Would this be faster on wp.com?

You should certainly give it a shot.
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