Using License for Live / Production, Staging, Dev and Localhost Sites

Your licenses for your production sites can be activated on localhost/staging/dev environments without the need to purchase any additional licenses. 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
*.myftpupload.com (GoDaddy)
*.cloudwaysapps.com (Cloudways)
*.wpsandbox.pro (WPSandbox)
*.ngrok.io (tunneling)

Subdomains that are considered as dev or staging:

local.*
dev.*
test.*
stage.*
staging.*
stagingN.* (SiteGround; N is an unsigned int)
*.wpengine.com (WP Engine)
dev-*.pantheonsite.io (Pantheon)
test-*.pantheonsite.io (Pantheon)
staging-*.kinsta.com (Kinsta)
staging-*.kinsta.cloud (Kinsta)
*.mystagingwebsite.com' (Pressable)

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 the WP Admin dashboard, and then reuse the license.