generated: '2026-07-31'
method: searched
source: https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/console/
summary: >-
  Automattic does not run a test-mode/live-mode split with magic test values. Its developer test
  surface is instead (a) an interactive console that executes real authenticated calls against the
  live WordPress.com REST API, (b) a free WordPress.com site you can point at, and (c) Studio, a
  local WordPress development environment. There are no test keys, no test cards, and no
  sandbox host.
test_live_separation:
  modes: []
  key_prefixes: []
  separate_host: false
  note: >-
    One host (public-api.wordpress.com) serves production only. Safety comes from OAuth scope and
    site capability, not from a sandbox mode.
consoles:
- name: WordPress.com Developer Console
  url: https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/console/
  description: >-
    Interactive console for the /rest/, /wp/ and /wpcom/ namespaces. Requests are authenticated
    with the signed-in WordPress.com account and hit live data.
  live_data: true
- name: WordPress.com Studio
  url: https://developer.wordpress.com/studio/
  changelog: https://developer.wordpress.com/changelog/
  description: >-
    Local WordPress development app — spin up a throwaway local site, then sync or publish to
    WordPress.com. The practical safe place to exercise write flows.
  live_data: false
- name: VIP local development environment
  command: vip dev-env create
  docs: https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-cli/
  description: Containerised local WordPress VIP environment driven from VIP-CLI.
  live_data: false
- name: Akismet key verification
  operation: postVerifyKey
  spec: openapi/automattic-akismet-openapi.yml
  description: >-
    verify-key is the closest thing Akismet ships to a sandbox call — it validates a key without
    consuming a classification. Akismet publishes no test-mode key.
test_values: []
test_values_note: >-
  Automattic publishes no magic test identifiers, test cards, or fixture triggers for any of these
  APIs. Nothing has been invented here.
fixtures_and_triggers: []
time_simulation:
  supported: false
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-07-31'
  urls: [https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/console/, https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-cli/]