Pantheon Guide for WordPress

This is an in-process placeholder for setting up WordPress with KalaPress on Pantheon.

Setting up a new site

Multidev

Pantheon’s multidev service lets you spin up a new version of the main site but based on a specific branch. Note that the branch name must be lowercase.

1. Create and commit a branch, we’ll use sandbox as an example.

2. Go to the main Pantheon dashboard for the site and click on the “Multidev” tab. You should see an option for “Git Branches”, and it will show every branch that’s been committed:
   

   

3. Click the “Create Environment” button.

4. In the popup, choose whichever current environment you want to clone as the base of the new site:
   

   

5. Once the files and database are copied, you’ll be able to choose it from the Multidev list: