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Add a shared Playground preview workflow and comment action - #15
Stacked on #19, which is stacked on #18. This PR is based on feat/pup. Review the commits after it. The playground-preview action only writes the text of the comment. The workflow posts it with the shared pr-comment action from #18, and asks pup for the zip name with the shared pup action from #19.
Adds a shared "Playground preview" workflow. Every pull request gets one comment with links that open the pull request's build in WordPress Playground, a throwaway WordPress in the browser, plus a link to download the zip. A plugin repo adds one short caller file and, if it wants more than the default, a blueprint file.
Why
Reviewers and testers should not have to build a plugin to try a pull request. One click gives them a running site with the change installed.
One setup for every plugin. The "building" comment, the zip build, the finished comment and the "failed" comment live here once. A fix reaches every plugin that calls it.
What is specific to a plugin lives in the plugin. The landing page, theme, extra plugins, sample data and WP-CLI steps go in the plugin's own blueprint files, not in workflow inputs. Each blueprint file is one link in the comment. A repo with none gets a default blueprint that works for any plugin: install the zip, activate it, turn on debug.
Nothing new is hosted. The blueprint travels in the link itself (base64 in the URL hash), and the zip goes to the packaging bucket the repo already uses.
The comment never lies. A pending job replaces the old comment with "building" at once, and a failed job replaces "building" when anything fails.
What changed
.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml is the reusable workflow with four jobs: pending, zip, button and failed. The zip job calls the shared pup zip workflow. It is skipped when the caller passes zip-url.
.github/actions/playground-preview/ is a composite action. playground-preview.js loads the blueprints, checks them, builds the links, and writes the comment text to a file. It outputs the file's path as comment-file. It does not call the GitHub API, so it needs no token. It has its own README.
The comment is posted by pr-comment. In the pending, button and failed jobs, one step writes the text with this action, and the next step posts that file with $/.github/actions/pr-comment, using the same hidden first line.
The zip name comes from the shared pup action. The workflow no longer runs php bin/pup.phar itself, so the repository does not need the phar at bin/. It downloads the pup release named by the new pup-version input (default 2.0.0) and reads the name from it.
templates/workflows/playground-preview.yml is a caller to copy into a plugin repo.
templates/playground/ has two example blueprints: a plain one, and one with an extra plugin and WP-CLI steps.
tests/actions/playground-preview/ has the unit tests and fixtures.
Inputs: blueprints, php-version, i18n, additional-commands, zip-url, pup-version, zip-link-base, runs-on, time-zone. concurrency stays in the caller, because a called workflow would evaluate it with the caller's context.
Blueprint files:{{ZIP_URL}} is replaced with the zip's link. Every blueprint has to use it. Any other {{NAME}} in capitals fails the run, so a typo does not reach Playground. meta.title is the link's label and meta.description is a short note. meta is removed before the link is built.
Secrets are passed one by one.secrets: inherit only works inside one organization. The workflow checks them early and fails with a clear message instead of an upload error deep in the build.
Size guard: a comment can hold 65,536 characters. When the links would make it longer, the step that writes the text fails and names each link's length. pr-comment refuses a longer body too, but its message only has the number, so this check stays.
pup-version: use the release your composer pup script downloads. The zip workflow builds the zip with the repository's own pup, so a name made by another release could differ, and the link would point at a zip that does not exist.
Build:.puprc is the one place that says how the plugin is built. additional-commands is a second place, so prefer .puprc.
Marker:<!-- playground-preview:<owner>/<repo> -->, so two repos never share a comment.
Callers must grant permissions
A called workflow cannot get more than the caller gives it. The caller needs contents: read and pull-requests: write. Pull requests from forks get no preview: their runs cannot see the secrets.
After this merges
Nothing else to do here. This repository publishes no releases, so callers use @main. Every merge to main reaches every user on the next run.
The workflow calls its own action with uses: $/.github/actions/playground-preview. GitHub added this self-repository reference in July 2026: $/ is this repository at the exact commit that runs the workflow, with no ref and no checkout. So the action always comes from the same commit as the workflow, whichever ref the caller used. It needs a runner of version 2.336.0 or newer. The pending and failed jobs run on ubuntu-latest, which has it. The job that posts the links runs on the caller's runs-on, so that runner has to be new enough (Blacksmith's is 2.338.1 today). The newest actionlint (1.7.12) does not know the syntax yet, so the lint job in the Plugin Check PR ignores that one error, only for a $/ reference.
Test plan
node --test: 341 tests pass (the whole suite on this branch). The Playground run tests now assert the file and the comment-file output, and that nothing is written on a bad status or a bad blueprint.
actionlint passes on the workflow and the template.
The example blueprints pass Playground's own schema.
A real run in a fork with zip-url (no bucket secrets): Zip is skipped, the comment shows two links and a zip link, and a decoded link has the right landing page, theme and install step.
A real run in a fork with no zip-url and no secrets: the secrets check fails in seconds and names the missing secrets, Zip is skipped, and the comment says "failed". zip waits for pending, so a missing secret no longer costs a full build.
A real run that builds and uploads the zip, on the Give draft PR (impress-org/givewp #8531, which has the bucket secrets): all jobs passed. The name the shared pup action read (give.4.19.1-dev-1793636563-0ceaa699) is the name the zip job uploaded, and the "Download zip" link in the comment downloads it (HTTP 200, about 40 MB).
Real runs in a fork with the new steps: the "building" comment became "ready" in the same comment, a second push updated that same comment (one comment, new commit), and a run with no zip-url and no secrets ended with the "failed" comment.
Open a generated link in a browser.
The same shared workflow, called from a fork with the PR branch as its ref, loads its action through $/ from the same commit and posts the comment.
Not checked
The exact check names for the nested zip job.
A pull request from a fork into the real repository.
Callers must update a required status check: a job in a reusable workflow reports as <caller job id> / <job name>.
GitHub started the shared zip workflow with empty values for the secrets it marks as required, so the early secrets check in pending is the only guard.
Run it locally: node .github/actions/playground-preview/playground-preview.js --zip-url <url> [blueprint.json ...] prints the comment. See the action's README.
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New Features
Pull requests from the same repository can now receive WordPress Playground previews with build-status updates and links to launch the plugin.
Previews support standard, sample-data, and custom setups. Providing an existing ZIP URL skips building a plugin package.
Custom blueprints can offer alternate setups, including sample orders and additional plugins. Pull requests from forks do not receive previews.
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Added setup guidance for configuration, permissions, blueprint requirements, preview behavior, and local testing.
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Walkthrough
This change adds a reusable GitHub Actions workflow and composite action for WordPress Playground previews. The workflow builds a development ZIP or uses a supplied URL, processes blueprint files into Playground links, and publishes pull-request comments with building, ready, or failed status.
Changes: Playground Preview
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Summary
Blueprint preparation and links .github/actions/playground-preview/playground-preview.js, .github/actions/playground-preview/blueprints/*, templates/playground/*, tests/actions/playground-preview/fixtures/*, tests/actions/playground-preview/playground-preview.test.js
Adds default and sample blueprints. The script validates blueprint JSON and placeholders, prepares variants, and encodes them in Playground URLs. Tests cover blueprint validation and link generation.
Comment action and local execution .github/actions/playground-preview/action.yml, .github/actions/playground-preview/playground-preview.js, tests/actions/playground-preview/playground-preview.test.js
Adds action inputs and comment generation for building, ready, and failed states. The action updates a comment with a matching marker or creates one. The script also supports local comment generation.
Reusable workflow and caller setup .github/workflows/playground-preview.yml, templates/workflows/playground-preview.yml, .github/actions/playground-preview/README.md
Adds jobs for pending status, optional ZIP creation, ready links, and failure status. Adds a pull-request caller workflow and documents workflow inputs, permissions, prerequisites, and blueprint rules.
sequenceDiagram
participant CallerWorkflow
participant PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow
participant SharedZipWorkflow
participant PlaygroundPreviewAction
participant GitHubComments
CallerWorkflow->>PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow: invoke for pull request
PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow->>PlaygroundPreviewAction: publish building comment
alt no zip-url supplied
PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow->>SharedZipWorkflow: build development ZIP
SharedZipWorkflow-->>PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow: return ZIP URL
else zip-url supplied
PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow->>PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow: use supplied ZIP URL
end
PlaygroundPreviewWorkflow->>PlaygroundPreviewAction: publish ready comment with ZIP URL
PlaygroundPreviewAction->>GitHubComments: update matching comment or create one
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- Line 236: Update the Composer invocation in the pup bootstrap step to run the
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Minor · Use the self-repository action reference. · playground-preview.yml:140-265
.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml:140-265 Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Use the self-repository action reference.
@main resolves the action from the main ref, not from the commit running this reusable workflow. When main does not contain the new action, all three status posts fail to load it. The ./ form is also unsuitable because it resolves against the caller's checked-out workspace. Use the self-repository reference instead.
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Review comment at @.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml around lines 140 -
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Update the three playground-preview action references in the pending, button,
and failed jobs to use the self-repository action reference, so each status post
loads the action from the commit running the reusable workflow rather than from
main or the caller’s workspace.
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- Around line 140-265: Update the three playground-preview action references in
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@coderabbitai About the "use the self-repository action reference" finding (outside the diff): I did not change this one. uses: takes no expressions and needs a written ref. I checked with actionlint: $/.github/actions/playground-preview is rejected for a missing ref, and ${{ github.repository }} or ${{ github.sha }} in uses: give "context is not allowed here". ./ resolves against the caller, which is why the full path is used. So the action cannot point at the commit that runs the workflow, and @main stays. The workflow comment and the PR description both say callers use @main. Please resolve this finding.
@pauloiankoski I withdraw the requirement to change these references. The full stellarwp/plugin-toolbox/.github/actions/playground-preview@main reference is valid, and the workflow documents that choice. No code change is required for this finding.
One technical correction: GitHub’s current documentation supports $/.github/actions/playground-preview. It resolves against the reusable workflow’s repository at its running commit, without an explicit ref. It is not available on GitHub Enterprise Server. Your actionlint result therefore does not establish that GitHub rejects this syntax. citeturn403556search0
The finding is in the review summary, not an inline review thread. There is no corresponding GitHub thread to resolve; I am marking the finding as withdrawn.
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File: templates/workflows/release-prep.yml:49-49
Timestamp: 2026-10-12T16:15:19.958Z
Learning: In stellarwp/plugin-toolbox, GitHub Actions consumers intentionally use major-version tags such as @v1, never @main. Breaking changes ship under a new major tag such as @v2. The repository also intentionally references third-party actions by version tag, including actions/checkout@v6 and actions/github-script@v9. The copyable template templates/workflows/release-prep.yml demonstrates this policy. Do not require SHA pinning in an individual workflow; a move to SHA pinning requires a repository-wide policy change.
Correction to my earlier comment about the self-repository reference: I was wrong that uses: cannot point at the running commit. GitHub added uses: $/path in July 2026 (changelog). actionlint 1.7.12 does not know it yet, which is why it reported an error. I tested it for real: a reusable workflow in this repository, called from another repository, loaded its action from this repository at the commit of the called workflow, on a GitHub runner (2.338.2). The three action references in this PR now use $/.github/actions/playground-preview (7e5b769), and a run in a fork with the PR branch as the workflow ref loaded the action from that same commit. It needs runner 2.336.0 or newer, which Blacksmith has (2.338.1).
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Since the Comment is a separate Composite Action, we should call it instead of directly importing the Comment Functionality.
It sounds weird, but this further ensures that we are dogfooding our own Composite Actions in the Repo instead of just calling the underlying JS directly.
Additionally, it means that this Composite Action pins a specific version of the Comment Composite Action instead of getting whatever version of the JS that existed at this tag of the Playground Preview Composite Action. That decoupling at first feels strange, but it further separates the concerns rather than having Playground Preview directly responsible for its own Comments.
The Playground Preview Composite Action should have an output for what the Comment should look like, then it should pass that through to the Comment Composite Action as part of the Workflow.
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Done in f678781. playground-preview now only writes the comment text to a file and outputs the path. The workflow posts it with pr-comment as a separate step.
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Adds a shared "Playground preview" workflow. Every pull request gets one comment with links that open the pull request's build in WordPress Playground, a throwaway WordPress in the browser, plus a link to download the zip. A plugin repo adds one short caller file and, if it wants more than the default, a blueprint file.
Why
Reviewers and testers should not have to build a plugin to try a pull request. One click gives them a running site with the change installed.
pendingjob replaces the old comment with "building" at once, and afailedjob replaces "building" when anything fails.What changed
.github/workflows/playground-preview.ymlis the reusable workflow with four jobs:pending,zip,buttonandfailed. Thezipjob calls the shared pup zip workflow. It is skipped when the caller passeszip-url..github/actions/playground-preview/is a composite action.playground-preview.jsloads the blueprints, checks them, builds the links, and writes the comment text to a file. It outputs the file's path ascomment-file. It does not call the GitHub API, so it needs no token. It has its own README.pr-comment. In thepending,buttonandfailedjobs, one step writes the text with this action, and the next step posts that file with$/.github/actions/pr-comment, using the same hidden first line.pupaction. The workflow no longer runsphp bin/pup.pharitself, so the repository does not need the phar atbin/. It downloads the pup release named by the newpup-versioninput (default2.0.0) and reads the name from it.templates/workflows/playground-preview.ymlis a caller to copy into a plugin repo.templates/playground/has two example blueprints: a plain one, and one with an extra plugin and WP-CLI steps.tests/actions/playground-preview/has the unit tests and fixtures.How a repo uses it
Inputs:
blueprints,php-version,i18n,additional-commands,zip-url,pup-version,zip-link-base,runs-on,time-zone.concurrencystays in the caller, because a called workflow would evaluate it with the caller's context.{{ZIP_URL}}is replaced with the zip's link. Every blueprint has to use it. Any other{{NAME}}in capitals fails the run, so a typo does not reach Playground.meta.titleis the link's label andmeta.descriptionis a short note.metais removed before the link is built.secrets: inheritonly works inside one organization. The workflow checks them early and fails with a clear message instead of an upload error deep in the build.pup-version: use the release yourcomposer pupscript downloads. The zip workflow builds the zip with the repository's own pup, so a name made by another release could differ, and the link would point at a zip that does not exist..puprcis the one place that says how the plugin is built.additional-commandsis a second place, so prefer.puprc.<!-- playground-preview:<owner>/<repo> -->, so two repos never share a comment.Callers must grant permissions
A called workflow cannot get more than the caller gives it. The caller needs
contents: readandpull-requests: write. Pull requests from forks get no preview: their runs cannot see the secrets.After this merges
Nothing else to do here. This repository publishes no releases, so callers use
@main. Every merge tomainreaches every user on the next run.The workflow calls its own action with
uses: $/.github/actions/playground-preview. GitHub added this self-repository reference in July 2026:$/is this repository at the exact commit that runs the workflow, with no ref and no checkout. So the action always comes from the same commit as the workflow, whichever ref the caller used. It needs a runner of version 2.336.0 or newer. Thependingandfailedjobs run onubuntu-latest, which has it. The job that posts the links runs on the caller'sruns-on, so that runner has to be new enough (Blacksmith's is 2.338.1 today). The newest actionlint (1.7.12) does not know the syntax yet, so the lint job in the Plugin Check PR ignores that one error, only for a$/reference.Test plan
node --test: 341 tests pass (the whole suite on this branch). The Playgroundruntests now assert the file and thecomment-fileoutput, and that nothing is written on a bad status or a bad blueprint.actionlintpasses on the workflow and the template.zip-url(no bucket secrets):Zipis skipped, the comment shows two links and a zip link, and a decoded link has the right landing page, theme and install step.zip-urland no secrets: the secrets check fails in seconds and names the missing secrets,Zipis skipped, and the comment says "failed".zipwaits forpending, so a missing secret no longer costs a full build.give.4.19.1-dev-1793636563-0ceaa699) is the name the zip job uploaded, and the "Download zip" link in the comment downloads it (HTTP 200, about 40 MB).zip-urland no secrets ended with the "failed" comment.$/from the same commit and posts the comment.Not checked
<caller job id> / <job name>.pendingis the only guard.Run it locally:
node .github/actions/playground-preview/playground-preview.js --zip-url <url> [blueprint.json ...]prints the comment. See the action's README.Summary by CodeRabbit
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