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Studio by WordPress.com is a free local development tool designed to help developers build plugins, themes, and full WordPress sites. The recent 1.5.1 release introduces more flexible environment customization, including support for setting your preferred code editor and terminal application directly in Studio.

This has been one of our most requested features, especially with tools like Cursor becoming more popular. The new Preferences interface lays the groundwork for supporting even more tools over time.

How to configure your preferences

To set your preferred code editor and terminal, open the Settings modal. Click “Howdy, [your name]” or “WordPress.com login” if you’re not signed in.

Select the Preferences tab in the modal window. From there, you can choose your preferred code editor and terminal application.

The following options are currently supported:

Code editors:

• Visual Studio…