If you have an active license, you can use it on your staging sites without occupying a seat in the license.
For example, if your site is yoursite.com, we will not consider a license used for the domain staging.yoursite.com.
Local sites on your PC are not considered a license
localhost
Any name without a TLD
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IP Addresses are not considered as a license
Any IP address
TLD (Top-level Domain) that are not considered as a license
*.dev (example.dev)
*.local (example.local)
*.staging (example.staging)
*.test (example.test)
*.example (example.example)
*.invalid (example.invalid)
*.backup (example.backup)
Any subdomain containing one of the specified keywords is not considered a license
dev
development
local
test
staging
stage
stg
backup
wp-staging
wptest
For example, dev123.examples.com is considered a staging site.
Subdomains on these domains are not considered license
*.wpengine.com
*.wpenginepowered.com
*.sg-host.com
*.kinsta.cloud
*.cloudwaysapps.com
*.closte.com
*.runcloud.link
*.cloudwaysapp.com
*.pantheonsite.io
*.onrocket.site
*.pressdns.com
*.bigscoots-staging.com
*.flywheelstaging.com
*.wpstage.net
*.wpserveur.net
*.myftpupload.com
*.myraidbox.de
*.elementor.cloud
This list may change at any time.