WP Sandbox Says Goodbye

Hey friends,

Thanks for stopping by and showing your interest in WP Sandbox. It’s been an amazing run, but the decision has been made to shut down the WP Sandbox service effective September 30, 2023.

When Joe Guilmette at Soflyy first created WP Sandbox all those years ago, it immediately filled an important need in the WordPress development ecosystem.

Since that start, a lot of people helped WP Sandbox grow and evolve over the years. What they had in common was a shared sense of stewardship for continuing to help the WordPress community build better sites.

WP Sandbox helped hundreds of people and organizations develop, test, bring to market, and support their WordPress-related products, and countless individuals used our system to hone their WordPress skills. Our team is immensely proud of the impact WP Sandbox had in the WordPress community.

The WordPress landscape has changed quite a bit since WP Sandbox launched, and nowadays there are many ways to fill those original needs WP Sandbox was designed to address.

We marvel at how the WordPress community continues to grow and evolve, and we’re excited to see all the new solutions for local development, in-browser sandboxing, advances in artificial intelligence tools, virtual containerization, and robust sandboxing apps with deep developer integrations.

To our amazing customers, fans, supporters, and cheerleaders over the years, thank you.

Seriously, you’re the best.

You’ve already heard from us many weeks ago if you had active sandboxes and templates on our systems. As always, if you need additional help migrating to wherever you land, please reach out and we’ll do our best to assist you.

It’s never easy to say goodbye, so let’s just say:
“See you around!”

All the best,

The WP Sandbox Team