Pick your stack per site
PHP 5.6 through 8.5, MariaDB or MySQL, nginx or Apache. Every choice is per site and changeable on a site you already built.
Local WordPress development · v0.1.0
WP Pond
Spin up a real WordPress site on your own machine in a couple of clicks. Any PHP from 5.6 to 8.5, any WordPress release, MariaDB or MySQL, nginx or Apache — chosen per site, changed whenever you like, downloaded on demand.
- Free and open source
- MIT licensed
- No account, no sign-up
PHP 5.6 → 8.5Any WordPressMariaDBMySQLnginxApacheXdebugAdminerMailpitPHP 5.6 → 8.5Any WordPressMariaDBMySQLnginxApacheXdebugAdminerMailpit
Why WP Pond
Everything the site needs, bundled
No system packages to install, no services to register, nothing left behind on your machine.
Real HTTPS, real hostnames
An nginx reverse proxy on 80 and 443 with a locally trusted CA, so every site gets its own name and a padlock your browser accepts.
Built for day-to-day work
Clone a site, export and import it, save it as a blueprint, log straight into wp-admin, toggle Xdebug, open Adminer, and catch outgoing mail in Mailpit.
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Download WP Pond
Version 0.1.0 · Pick the build that matches your machine.
Windows 64-bit
Windows 10 and 11 · x64 · .zip · 5.2 MB
Downloadwp-pond-0.1.0-windows-x64.zipWindows 32-bit
Windows 10 and 11 · x86 · .zip · 5.1 MB
Downloadwp-pond-0.1.0-windows-x86.zipUbuntu / Debian
16.04 and newer · x86_64 · .deb · 4.9 MB
Downloadwp-pond_0.1.0_amd64.debEarly days — worth knowing before you install
This is version 0.1.0. The Linux build has been run end to end on a real machine; the Windows build has not been exercised yet. Apache is Linux-only for now, and macOS is not supported at all. If something breaks, please open an issue — that is exactly what this stage is for.