TryDemoWP

If you sell WordPress themes or plugins, buyers want to try before they buy. TryDemoWP gives every visitor their own disposable sandbox copy of your site that destroys itself when the timer runs out.

This plugin removes the manual step. Instead of exporting a backup, downloading it, and uploading it to TryDemoWP, you connect this site once and press a button.

What it does

• Packages a demo-ready copy of this site: wp-content plus a database dump.
• Uploads it to TryDemoWP resumably, so a dropped connection continues where it left off.
• Reports back when your demo is live.

What it deliberately leaves out

This is an export built for demos, not a backup. To keep the archive small enough to upload, it skips:

• Cache directories and other backup plugins’ folders (which are often gigabytes of your own backups).
• Log files, archives, and build junk such as node_modules and .git.
• Post revisions, transients, and spam or trashed comments.
• Runtime scratch tables such as Action Scheduler and WooCommerce sessions — the table structure is kept so plugins still work, only the rows are dropped.

Your wp-config.php is never included, so database credentials and security salts never leave your server. Your live site is only ever read, never modified.

External service

This plugin sends data to TryDemoWP, a third-party service, and requires an account there.

• Service: TryDemoWP — https://trydemowp.com
• Data sent: your wp-content directory and a filtered database dump, your site’s home URL, and the plugin version, all authenticated with a connect token you generate in your TryDemoWP dashboard.
• Terms of service: https://trydemowp.com/terms
• Privacy policy: https://trydemowp.com/privacy

Nothing is transmitted until you connect a token and press Push.