Feature Request: Support for self-hosted WordPress instances that are not via Automattic affiliates

[HammyHavoc]

What

WordPress Studio looks great, but I don't use it because we don't use WordPress.com or Pressable for hosting and never will.

Why

Because I'd love to rave about how cool this is, but the number of people (friends, family, clients et al) to whom I could recommend this is 1 instead of a couple hundred currently as they're not using WordPress.com or Pressable, and the overwhelming majority would never even humor the idea for a desktop app.

How

No response

[ndiego]

Thanks for opening this issue @HammyHavoc. Are you looking for Sync options for self-hosted WordPress instances?

While Studio currently supports syncing local sites to WordPress.com and Pressable sites, you do not need to be a user of either hosting provider if you just want to use Studio as a local development environment. You don't even need to log in to Studio with a WordPress.com account if you don't want to.

Furthermore, the sync functionality is powered by Jetpack Backup under the hood. So if self-hosted WordPress instances were ever supported in the future, it would likely still require Jetpack. A backup is taken right before a sync, so the user can always revert to the last backup if needed.

[HammyHavoc]

Hello! :- )

Yes, Sync is definitely what I'm after. Jetpack being installed would be absolutely fine too, no problems whatsoever with that.

Think it's super cool, just wish it fit neatly into our pre-existing workflows!

[ndiego]

Great, thanks for confirming and the additional feedback about Jetpack!

[mrfoxtalbot]

@nilovelez suggested this idea during WordCamp Valencia