Recess now makes it easier to go from “what if?” to a working WordPress experiment.
- Start instantly using WordPress’s hosted Playground, with no runtime setup. Instant sessions are temporary; Save creates a browser checkpoint you can recover later.
- Use Try in Recess on an OpenStation plugin or theme ZIP to create a fresh experiment with it activated.
- Get automatic checkpoints before Recess installs a package or restores a checkpoint. If the checkpoint cannot be saved, the operation stops.
- Choose visual starting points for themes, plugins, learning WordPress, blogs, and fresh sites. Technical options stay under Advanced options.
- Export an installed theme or plugin’s files as its own installable ZIP.
- See browser save status and the last confirmed OpenStation backup. ZIP download requests are shown separately.
Existing saved sites keep their original runtime and storage. For automatically reopening sites, use a custom Recess runtime; the connection screen checks its client and browser storage access.
Download recess-for-openstation-0.2.0.zip and update the existing plugin through WordPress. Theme exports include files; Site Editor changes stored only in the database require a full-site ZIP.