Yes, per license, you can use one dedicated staging site. If the domain you are working on matches one of the patterns below, our system will automatically register it as a staging site. Domains that match none of these patterns currently won’t qualify as staging sites.

TLDs – Top-level Domains (domain endings)
  • *.dev (example.dev)

  • *.local (example.local)

  • *.staging (example.staging)

  • *.test (example.test)

Subdomains (domain prefixes)

  • dev.* (dev.example.com)

  • local.* (local.example.com)

  • staging.* (staging.example.com)

  • test.* (test.example.com)

  • wpdev.* (wpdev.example.com)

  • webdev.* (webdev.example.com)

  • devsite.* (devsite.example.com)

Staging domains of hosting providers
  • stagingN.* (where N is an unsigned integer)
  • *.wpengine.com
  • *.flywheelstaging.com

  • *.dreamhosters.com

  • *.stage.site

  • *.kinsta.cloud
  • *.pantheonsite.io

  • *.myftpupload.com

  • *.cloudwaysapps.com

  • *.staging.tempurl.host

  • *.pressdns.com

  • *.wpcomstaging.com

  • *-liquidwebsites.com
  • *.nxcli.net, *.nxcli.io

  • *.wpstage.net

  • *.updraftclone.com
  • *.mystagingwebsite.com
Local setups

  • *localhost*

  • 127.0.0.0