Understanding BionicWP Site Tags (Dev, Live, Staging)

BionicWP uses environment tags—Development, Live, and Staging—to help you understand the status and purpose of each site in your dashboard. These tags keep things organized and make it easy to manage workflows across testing, live deployments, and staging.

Use this guide to understand what each tag means and how environments are created and updated.

BionicWP environments are automatically tagged based on their setup and configuration:

• Development

  • Every new site starts as a Development environment.

  • This is your sandbox for initial builds, testing, or staging work before it goes live.

• Live

  • Once you add a live domain to a site, it is automatically re-tagged as Live.

  • This indicates the site is now public-facing and actively hosted on your primary domain.

• Staging

  • A Staging environment can be manually created at any time from your live or development site.

  • It’s a safe space to test updates or new features without affecting the live site.

These environment tags help you—and your team—quickly identify where changes should (or shouldn’t) be made.

Viewing or Managing Environment Tags

1. Log in to the BionicWP Dashboard
   Go to my.bionicwp.com and sign in.

2. Go to Your Site List
   From the left sidebar, click “Sites” to view all websites in your account.

3. Check Environment Tags
   Each site will be labeled as Development, Live, or Staging depending on its current status.

4. Switch or Create Staging Sites

   • Select a site and navigate to the Staging section if you want to create a staging environment.

   • You can easily toggle between live and staging views once it’s created.

Pro Tip: Keep your Development and Staging environments clean and purpose-specific. Make large changes or plugin tests in Staging before pushing to Live, and use Development for building from scratch.