Background
Prime Mover plugin is thoroughly tested to work with the most commonly used local development applications. You use local development software when creating, testing, and debugging sites locally (within your computer or a virtualized environment).
Although not all are thoroughly tested and compatible, some are not compatible because the apps support software that is not yet widely supported or fully supported by WordPress out of the box.
Tested and Compatible
The following apps are thoroughly tested and compatible, requiring no adjustments or customizations.
- LocalWP by WP Engine
- XAMPP
- Bitnami VM
- Lando (requires Docker)
- Laragon
- MAMPP
- DDEV (requires Docker)
- DevKinsta (requires Docker)
- WAMPServer
- Devilbox (requires Docker)
There may be other apps that are not yet known but are compatible with the Prime Mover plugin. If you are using it and it is not listed above, please let us know, and we will add it to the list of tested and compatible products.
Tested incompatible
Unfortunately, some apps will not work with the Prime Mover plugin:
- Studio by WordPress.com – this is because this uses a SQLite database, which the Prime Mover database exporter does not support. The exporter will perform complex queries (to export specific aspects of the WordPress database) that SQLite does not support.
- https://playground.wordpress.net/ – This is because it lacks the MySQL PDO extension. The Prime Mover plugin requires this to work. This is a sandbox environment and is not meant for doing serious backup and migration tasks for development work. You should be using the compatible apps listed previously.
Last updated: June 30, 2025