(Meetup use case) Create a 'filtered' version for use in Meetups

[IoanaAMuresan]

In exploring the possibility of using Playground in introducing non-WP users to the tool, I noticed that the interface is not super beginner friendly.

For instance:

• after launching a session, clicking on the W to go to the dashboard shows this:

• when clicking on the dashboard, user sees this:

(neither of which are reassuring to a beginner)

I am just getting started with the product, and have not yet explored all the facets of blueprints, but wondering if it might be possible to have a blueprint that cleans up everything that's not really valuable for a first time explorer.

[bgrgicak]

I am just getting started with the product, and have not yet explored all the facets of blueprints, but wondering if it might be possible to have a blueprint that cleans up everything that's not really valuable for a first time explorer.

Yes, you could do that with a blueprint. There isn't one today, but I'm sure it's possible to do it with CSS and some WordPress hooks.

If you end up doing something like this, please consider submitting it to the blueprint gallery to help others.

https://github.com/WordPress/blueprints/
https://github.com/WordPress/blueprints/blob/trunk/docs/index.md
https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/previews-and-blueprints/

cc @bph @juanmaguitar

[juanmaguitar]

Hi @IoanaAMuresan,

There are a lot of possibilities using playground and custom code.
Here's an example of a playground with the welcome panel disabled

see implementation details

It uses this blueprint.json

{
  "landingPage": "/wp-admin",
  "preferredVersions": {
    "wp": "beta",
    "php": "8.0"
  },
  "steps": [
    {
      "step": "login"
    },
    {
      "step": "writeFile",
      "path": "/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/1-plugin.php",
      "data": {
        "resource": "url",
        "url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/juanmaguitar/ddaf2b097ac5562cfe6ede5fc58313de/raw/e166b4ff1a55d460aa466a68862af6967dfbe935/beginner-friendly-playground.php"
      }
    },
    {
      "step": "activatePlugin",
      "pluginName": "Beginner Friendly Playground",
      "pluginPath": "1-plugin.php"
    }
  ]
}

and the following plugin code (installed from a gist)

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name:       Beginner Friendly Playground
 * Description:       Disables everything that's not really valuable for a first time explorer.
 * Version:           0.1.0
 * Requires at least: 6.5
 */

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;

add_action('load-index.php', 'disable_welcome_panel');

function disable_welcome_panel() {
    remove_action('welcome_panel', 'wp_welcome_panel');
}

... that cleans up everything that's not really valuable for a first time explorer.

What else would you like to see cleaned for a first-time explorer?

[bph]

@IoanaAMuresan
You could also just use the landing page setting
"landingPage": "/wp-admin/?welcome=0"

.. and the welcome page will just not be displayed.

If you want to clear all WordPress content of the site and refill it with your demo content, you could run a wp-cli step with the comment wp site empty --yes

{
	"step": "wp-cli",
		"command": "wp site empty --yes"
}

[bph]

A few weeks ago, I did a presentation on Playground and blueprints: Developer Hours: Creating WordPress Playground Blueprints for Testing and Demos. The examples repo is available on GitHub, too

A great resource is also the Blueprint Gallery with examples that might inspire you to think through other scenarios for your meetup demo site.