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.

Download for free What it does ↓
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.

Sites & local HTTPSLogs & health
  1. 01Open the site → Setup → PHP → 8.5.
  2. 02Ask the agent to run the plugin's pages and report anything in the PHP log.
  3. 03Switch back to 8.3 in one click if you are not ready.
PHP on the blog
ReDock Web WordPress PHP end of life: find the client sites still on it, and move them this month When a PHP version reaches end of life it stops getting security fixes, and ReDock Web names every client WordPress site still running one, with the date support ended, and counts down before the date arrives. Read → Comparisons Laravel Herd versus ReDock: PHP-first against agent-first Herd is fast and deep in one lane. ReDock spans several stacks and lets an agent drive them. If you live in Laravel, Herd is probably the better fit. Read → WordPress A local development stack for WordPress and Node: two sites, two runtimes, nothing installed into your system Run a WordPress site on PHP and a Node service side by side with the free ReDock desktop app, each pinned to its own runtime version, with PHP, Node, MySQL and Redis living in ReDock's own folder and nothing in your system. Read → WordPress Local WordPress development on Windows: a site in about a minute, no XAMPP and no Docker A WordPress site on Windows 10 or 11 in about a minute with the free ReDock desktop app: a trusted https://name.test address, PHP and MySQL you never install, and wp-admin signed in with one click. Read →
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ReDock

Calm ships tonight.

Download ReDock, berth your first site, and watch the AI work, receipts and all. Five minutes, no terminal.

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Free · macOS and Windows · your sites stay on your machine