# I've been thinking about spinning up a dev install of WordPress on a sub domain for a while so that I don't have to make changes on (and potentially breaking) the live site. I've always put it off as a chore but today could be the day.
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# Plus, a dev site with help troubleshoot issues with functionality related to webmentions without having to wait for someone else to send one.
@colinwalker I've done this a couple of times and locally. I find, as a occasional dabbler, that I do a bit on these test sites then forget about them. When I go back I am confused as to what I was doing:-)
@johnjohnston Yeah, I can imagine that’s what I’ll be like.
@colinwalker I think you will be much more on the ball! The webmentions is a great reason. I think doing small things then implementing might be the trick.
@colinwalker I've been in the same boat lately—although, for me, I do not think today will be the day :-)
@smokey @johnjohnston Well, it’s not complete but it exists.
@colinwalker ?
@colinwalker FWIW Amazon Lightsail made that a 30sec effort when I needed to do it, including snapshotting my live instance as a baseline.
@bensmithuk Cool. I don’t need an exact duplicate, just the theme and some core plugins. Still, it’s amazing what you can do on a phone these days ?