Testing Faster Than a Red Bull Pit Stop: WordPress Playground and WooCommerce Blueprints

Testing WordPress plugins can be messy — countless configs, multiple environments, and endless setup time. But what if you could test instantly, right in your browser? In this talk, Danny Dudzic, WordPress Engineer at Syde, shows how the WordPress Playground and WooCommerce Blueprints revolutionize plugin testing, making it faster, cleaner, and more reliable, especially for complex setups like PayPal Payments. Learn how to spin up disposable test sites, automate PR previews, and simplify QA workflows with a single click. Video Content: 0:00 Intro: Why testing is hard 1:00 The complexity of WordPress & WooCommerce environments 2:20 Testing challenges at scale (PayPal Payments case study) 3:00 Introducing WordPress Playground 4:40 How Playground works (serverless WP in your browser) 5:40 Instant PR test environments via GitHub Actions 7:30 Common proxy setup tips & workarounds 8:30 Benefits: fast, clean, disposable test sites 9:00 WooCommerce Blueprints explained 10:30 Integrating plugin settings with Blueprints 12:00 The “McLaren Flow” – ultra-fast test automation 13:40 Generating demo stores & test data 14:50 Who benefits: Devs, QA, PMs, Clients Connect with us on social media:   / syde-gmbh     / syde_gmbh     / syde_gmbh     / sydegmbh.de   #WordPress #WooCommerce #WordPressDevelopment #OpenSource #WordPressCommunity Originally posted: https://wordpress.tv/2025/09/30/testi...