Title: Local Indicator Author: Tom J Nowell Published: August 29, 2012 Last modified: October 8, 2013 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/local-indicator/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=727954) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/local-indicator_e7d0d0.svg) # Local Indicator By [Tom J Nowell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tjnowell/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/local-indicator.zip) * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/local-indicator/#description) * [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/local-indicator/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/local-indicator/#installation) * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/local-indicator/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/) ## Description An easy way of telling apart different installs of WordPress ( e.g. live/production/ local ) via the admin bar. Super admins see a colour coded machine name in the admin bar, with an IP submenu. Mobiles will see a colour coded square dot ## Installation 1. Upload `local-indicator.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1624abddb4cc2e351f0644d929ad8320d0ee812804f972590cc920a0bb0d44f4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful for development work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-for-development-work/)󠁿 [tobybort](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobybort/) May 23, 2017 This works great when working on multiple copies (local and staging, for instance) of a site. Shows you right in the admin bar which IP you’re on, and conveniently indicates your version of PHP as a bonus. Note: Still seems to work fine for 4.7.5 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Local Indicator” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Tom J Nowell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tjnowell/) [Translate “Local Indicator” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/local-indicator) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/local-indicator/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/local-indicator/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/local-indicator/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/local-indicator/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.6** * Last updated **13 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.5.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/local-indicator/) * Tags * [admin](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/development/) [maintenance](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance/) * [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/local-indicator/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Tom J Nowell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tjnowell/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-indicator/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.tomjn.com)