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The Draft Preview Sandbox
How WPVibe builds and edits in an isolated draft while logged-out visitors keep seeing your live site.
What the draft preview sandbox is
When WPVibe makes changes to your theme, it works in an isolated draft. You — and only you, while logged in — see the draft through a private preview link. Logged-out visitors keep seeing your live site exactly as it was.
Why it works this way
Building on a live site is risky: half-finished work shouldn’t be public. The sandbox lets the AI build, iterate, and check its own work against a real WordPress environment, while your production site stays untouched until you decide to ship.
How it flows
- Draft — WPVibe creates or edits a draft theme. Nothing public changes.
- Preview — you open a tokenized preview URL to review the draft in your browser.
- Publish — when you say go, the draft is promoted to live in one step.
Good to know
Preview links expire for security, so ask for a fresh one anytime. WPVibe won’t publish a theme unless you explicitly tell it to.