ReDock + PHP
PHP 8.x, nothing to install.
ReDock bundles PHP as self-contained builds and runs each site on the version it declares. wp-cli rides along, so the agent can do real WordPress administration without a terminal.
Free · works with PHP as PHP · official marks, interoperability only What ReDock does with it
8.x, managed per site.
Per-site versions Two WordPress sites on different PHP versions is a Tuesday, not a container topology.
wp-cli, bundled The agent installs plugins, manages users and runs maintenance through wp-cli: bounded, logged, never silent.
Clean output Deprecation noise is kept out of machine-read output, so a new PHP release never reads as a broken site.
Build it in an afternoon
Test a plugin against PHP 8.5
Three steps, one window, receipts for the parts the agent did.
- 01Open the site → Setup → PHP → 8.5.
- 02Ask the agent to run the plugin's pages and report anything in the PHP log.
- 03Switch back to 8.3 in one click if you are not ready.
PHP on the blog
Comparisons Laravel Herd vs ReDock: PHP-first vs agent-first local dev Laravel Herd vs ReDock, compared fairly: Herd's fast, deep PHP/Laravel focus versus ReDock's native, multi-stack, agent-operable approach on macOS. Read → WordPress Free local WordPress environment with real HTTPS, one click, no Docker ReDock spins up a full local WordPress site, PHP, MySQL, https://name.test with a trusted cert, in one click on macOS. Free, no Docker, no terminal. Read →
Calm ships tonight.
Download ReDock, berth your first site, and watch the AI work, receipts and all. Five minutes, no terminal.
Free · macOS and Windows · your sites stay on your machine