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Test Setup

Lauren Levin (Pittenger) edited this page Oct 30, 2026 · 6 revisions

Critical-Flows Setup

You'll need:

  • An Algolia test app with its
    • Application ID
    • Search-only key
    • Admin key
    • a unique index prefix for this site
  • WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_LOG on in wp-config.php
  • Browser Console open
  • wp-content/debug.log open

Then:

  1. Go to Algolia Search → Autocomplete, turn on Enable Autocomplete and the All posts and Posts cards, and click Save Changes.
  2. Go to Algolia Search → Search Page, choose a Use Algolia option, and save.

Release Flows Setup

The above Critical Flows setup, plus:

  • WordPress version 6.2.9
  • WordPress on latest release
  • PHP at the minimum (8.1)
  • PHP at the newest supported (8.4)
  • One classic theme (e.g. Twenty Twenty-One)
  • One block theme (e.g. Twenty Twenty-Five)
  • Sample content:
    • 5+ published posts
    • 3 pages (one with 2 child pages)
    • 1 draft
    • 1 private post
    • 1 password-protected post
    • images
    • categories
    • tags
      • one tag used by both a post and a page
    • 2+ authors with posts
    • 1 user with no posts
  • An admin account
  • An Editor account
  • WooCommerce (current version)
    • a simple product
    • a variable product
  • Yoast SEO (current version)
  • WPML (current version)

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