Temporary WordPress Demo Generator for Multisite

About the plugin

How to enable users to generate temporary WordPress demo environments?
Demo My WordPress adds a front end form using a simple shortcode that enables your visitors to access a demo WordPress environment that is a copy of a template that you set up during plugin config.
Demo My WordPress WordPress Plugin is a powerful tool to make WordPress demo page creation extremely simple.

This plugin must be configured on a WordPress Multisite install to work!

• Do you want to allow users to access a demo backend to test your theme/plugin?
• Do you want to automatically delete generated demo websites?
• Do you want to NOINDEX generated demo pages?
• No problem!

To start using the plugin, please include in a page this shortcode: [dwp_demo_form]. It will create the form that will generate the ‘demo creation user interface’ (‘Create Demo’ button + captcha)

To configure the WordPress menu items that will be available to demo users, please go to network admin panel -> Settings -> Network Settings -> configure each item as you wish.

WordPress installation

Youtube video tutorial:

I also provided a Quick Install Guide to feature an easy plugin installation for everyone.

To make this plugin work, first, you’ll need to install the plugin. The easiest method is to take the .zip file you’ve downloaded and upload it via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin in the WordPress Dashboard. Once the plugin is installed, be sure to Activate it.

Now that you’ve installed and activated the plugin, you’ll see a new menu item created inside WordPress called ‘Demo My WordPress’. First thing first, let’s head over to Settings > Demo My WordPress and take a look at what options are available.

Also, this plugin requires WordPress Multisite to be enabled. Please check here how to  enable Multisite.

Plugin Settings

Refreshingly, Demo My WordPress plugin has a super-simple settings screen. Let’s look at first at the settings panel:

Here you can find the steps needed in configuring your plugin even if you have no HTML knowledge at all. You can find options for:

HINT! Don’t forget to click the Save button every time you modified your settings, otherwise the modifications will be lost!

Main Settings:

• Demo My WordPress Plugin Main Switch: Enable or disable the Demo My WordPress Plugin. This acts like a main switch.
• Send Demo URL To User’s Email Address: Do you want to add an email input to the form (where the user must enter he’s email address)? A mail containing the demo URL will be sent to the provided email address. Email address will be saved in the plugin.
• Enable Captcha: Do you want to enable the captcha field when creating the demo form?
• Enable Logging for Rules: Do you want to enable logging for rules?
• Add Noindex Tag To Demo Pages: Do you want to add ‘NOINDEX’ tag to generated demo pages – and this page also?
• Automatically Delete Demo Pages After: Select if you wish to automatically delete created demo pages, after a time interval.

What are WordPress shortcodes?

Shortcodes in WordPress are little bits of code that allow you to do various things with little effort. They were introduced in WordPress 2.5, and the reason to introduce them was to allow people to execute code inside WordPress posts, pages, and widgets without writing any code directly. This allows you to embed files or create objects that would normally require a lot of code in just one single line. For example, a shortcode for embedding information about the user’s browser looks like this:

[dwp_demo_form]

Sometimes you may want to use the text of a shortcode in a post. To do this you have to escape it using double brackets. For example, if you want to add the user submission form to a page, you can use dwp_demo_form shortcode to add the form, by using the following shortcode:

[[dwp_demo_form]]

Shortcodes simplify the addition of features to a WordPress site. By using shortcodes the HTML and other markup is added dynamically directly into the post or page where the user wants them to appear.

Results: If everything is configures well, you can go to plugin WordPress multisite ‘Sites’ page, and you can wait to see it’s results (new demo pages will appear).

[dwp_demo_form] – this shortcode will add a the demo generator form anywhere on your website!

Summary

Demo My WordPress plugin is a simple, yet powerful tool you can use to manage WordPress demo website generation. The setup and settings of the plugin couldn’t have been easier. Now, let’s go and enjoy the results of this great plugin! Have fun using it!

Sources and Credits

This component was made by Szabi CodeRevolution, for more information and support contact us at support@coderevolution.ro

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this item. As I said at the beginning, I’d be glad to help you if you have any questions regarding this plugin and I’ll do my best to assist.

CodeRevolution