Localhost, staging and development environments won’t get counted toward the license’s maximum allowed sites if its domain name is clearly a dev or staging site.
TLDs that are considered as dev or staging:
- *.dev
- *.dev.cc (DesktopServer)
- *.test
- *.local
- *.staging
- *.example
- *.invalid
Subdomains that are considered as dev or staging:
- local.*
- dev.*
- test.*
- stage.*
- staging.*
- stagingN.* (SiteGround; N is an unsigned int)
*.myftpupload.com(GoDaddy)*.cloudwaysapps.com(Cloudways)*.wpsandbox.pro(WPSandbox)*.ngrok.io(tunneling)*.mystagingwebsite.com(Pressable)*.tempurl.host(WPMU DEV)*.wpmudev.host(WPMU DEV)*.websitepro-staging.com(Vendasta)*.websitepro.hosting(Vendasta)*.instawp.co(InstaWP)*.instawp.link(InstaWP)*.instawp.xyz(InstaWP)*.wpengine.com(WP Engine)*.wpenginepowered.com(WP Engine)dev-*.pantheonsite.io(Pantheon)test-*.pantheonsite.io(Pantheon)staging-*.kinsta.com(Kinsta)staging-*.kinsta.cloud(Kinsta)*-dev.10web.site(10Web)*-dev.10web.cloud(10Web)
Additionally, if your domain is localhost (with any port), it will also be treated as a localhost domain.
If you want to utilize a license on a dev site that doesn’t fit the criteria listed above you can deactivate the license from within the Account page in your WP Admin dashboard, and then reuse the license.