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Copies

The exports kept on the site — download, open in Playground, copy the link, import, delete — and how their links work.

The plugin’s Settings → Copies: a .wxrz, a .zip bundle and a Playground .zip.

Every export from the new screen or the ability is kept as a copy in wp-content/uploads/eizport/tmp/, listed like the Media Library: search, sort, filter by format.

Actions

Action For
Open in Playground Playground .zip copies: opens playground.wordpress.net with the copy’s link
Download Every copy
Copy link Every copy: anyone with the link can download it until it expires
Import Bundles and WXR files: imports into this site
Delete permanently One, several (check them) or Delete all in the header

A copy’s link is meant to be shared with Playground or a teammate, not found by anyone else:

  • A token like a password: the name ends in a random 16-character token (site-w9bjZ9pyEWxC8VMf.zip, from a cryptographic generator), so the link can’t be guessed. The list shows the name without it (site.zip); hovering shows it whole.
  • Served by PHP, only until it expires: the link goes through WordPress (?eizport_playground=<name>), which checks the expiry and sends the CORS headers Playground needs.
  • Out of search engines: the response carries X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow, noarchive, and the site’s robots.txt gets Disallow rules for the copies’ folder and links.
  • No direct access: uploads/eizport/.htaccess denies direct requests on Apache and LiteSpeed, and every folder has an index.php, so nothing is listed. On nginx, .htaccess doesn’t apply; deny /wp-content/uploads/eizport/ in the server’s configuration for the same effect — the token, the expiry and robots.txt still protect the files.

Don’t keep copies of content that must stay private.

On a local site

Copies made on a local site (WordPress Studio, localhost) open on playground.wordpress.net too: Playground runs in your browser, which can reach your local server. The link works only on your computer — perfect for testing a demo before sharing it.

Cleanup

Expired copies are deleted by a cron event and on the next use; the tmp/ folder itself goes once it is empty. Uninstalling the plugin deletes uploads/eizport/.