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title: Setup a Development Environment
description: "PaddlePress Pro uses Paddle API to fetching products and integrates over webhooks. You can setup a sandbox environment to test integration. ## Create a Sandbox Account Create the sandbox account from - [https://sandbox-vendors.paddle.com/signup](https://sandbox-vendors.paddle.com/signup) (You don't need to verify website address…"
url: "https://handyplugins.co/docs/paddlepress-pro-setup-development-environment/"
updated: "2024-05-13"
category: PaddlePress Pro
---

# Setup a Development Environment

PaddlePress Pro uses Paddle API to fetching products and integrates over webhooks. You can setup a sandbox environment to test integration.

## Create a Sandbox Account

Create the sandbox account from - [https://sandbox-vendors.paddle.com/signup](https://sandbox-vendors.paddle.com/signup) (You don't need to verify website address to test with sandbox)

## Enable Sandbox Mode with PaddlePress

![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=)

Enter the Sandbox credentials and then your website is ready to test with sandbox data.

## Alternative Method

Alternatively, you can access webhook simulator on your paddle dashboard. Developer Tools > Alerts/Webhooks

![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=)

Use https://example.org/?paddlepress-listener=paddle as payload URL and test subscription and one-off purchase-related actions.

## Plugin recommendations for testing

**[Query Monitor:](https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/)**It is the developer tools panel for WordPress

[Email Log:](https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-log/) It allows log and view all emails that were sent from WordPress. So, you can preview the emails that your customers will get.

**[User Switching](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/)**: It's very handy to switch user and use "my-accounts" page as user.

## Test checkout integration

Follow-up Paddle's[testing guidance](https://paddle.com/support/how-do-i-test-my-checkout-integration/)for testing the checkout process.