July 05, 2024

Display Environment Type Plugin

Displays WordPress 5.5's new environment type setting in the admin bar and the 'at a glance' dashboard widget.

WordPress 5.5 introduces a way to differentiate between environment types (development, staging, production). This plugin displays your site’s environment type on the admin bar.

More info about the new feature

Installation

Install and activate using the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Screenshots

Admin bar display (production).
Admin bar display (staging).
Admin bar display (development).
Admin bar display (custom).
The 'at a glance' widget.

FAQ

Can I set custom color for my environment types?

The colors are currently fixed. This was done to avoid possible confusion. If the colors were user-configurable, they would need to be set up exactly the same on all related servers.

What will happen when I define custom environment types?

Custom types were originally added in WordPress 5.5, but they were removed in 5.5.1. This plugin no longer supports them.

Why is there no display on the front-end of the site, for logged-in users with the admin bar enabled?

There’s no display for non-admin users. The reasoning behind this is that in most cases, you’d probably not want to bother logged-in subscribers with a bright-colored box on their admin bar. For the same reason, the environment type is also hidden for subscribers in wp-admin.

For additional control, you can use the ‘det_display_environment_type’ filter hook:

function rt_det_display_filter( $display ){ // Disable the environment type display for user ID 2. return ( get_current_user_id() !== 2 ); } add_filter( 'det_display_environment_type', 'rt_det_display_filter' );

Changelog

1.3.3 (2024-07-05)

Internationalization improvements by @tekapo.

1.3.2 (2023-11-10)

Assessibility improvements by @mrwweb.

1.3.1 (2022-03-30)

Skip loading of the CSS file on the front end if toolbar is hidden (thanks @tflight).

1.3 (2020-08-25)

Code refactor (thank you, @markjaquith).
Environment type now hidden by default for subscribers.

1.2.1 (2020-08-23)

Removes the distracting hover effect (thank you, @markjaquith).
Hardening against XSS (props @markjaquith).

1.2 (2020-08-21)

Adds a filter hook to allow you to determine whether the environmment is displayed.

1.1 (2020-08-21)

Added a conditional front-end display (admins only).
Improved plugin initialization.

1.0.2 (2020-08-21)

Removed the (unstyled) display on the front-end admin bar.
Added a FAQ section to the readme file.

1.0.1 (2020-08-21)

Fixed the plugin description and plugin URI.

1.0 (2020-08-20)

Initial release.