Changelog → Sandbox tier — public launch with 14 customer-facing features

Released

Public general availability of the Sandbox trial tier on May 15, 2026 — the latest expansion of the SGEN platform since the April 20 launch. Sandbox is the trial rung of the six-tier base-plan ladder — sign up to evaluate, build a working site, then upgrade to a paid plan when ready. Sandbox features are universal — included in every plan from trial through Enterprise — and self-contained, with no dependency on a paid feature to function. Trial-specific restrictions (time, scope, domain) administered by SGEN.

What's in this release

Fourteen customer-facing features, by category.

Content & CMS (4)

  • Pages — standard site pages with visual editing.
  • Blog & posts — full blog CMS with categories, tags, drafts, revisions.
  • Visual page builder — 48 components, drag-and-drop authoring surface.
  • Shortcodes system — embed dynamic content anywhere with shortcode tags.

Design & theme (5)

  • Header & footer designer — visual designer with menu builder and footer columns.
  • Mobile menu — dedicated responsive nav.
  • Site templates — one-click install of pre-built designs.
  • Theme picker / Color Swatches — one-click style swap.
  • Site appearance & branding — logo, favicon, brand colors, global typography.

Media (1)

  • Media library — central asset surface with auto-resize and multi-format handling.

Operations & admin (3)

  • Site settings & configuration — site title, tagline, timezone, permalinks.
  • Onboarding wizard — guided first-time setup.
  • Admin notifications — in-dashboard alerts for system events.

Users & teams (1)

  • User & team management — RBAC roles. One seat at Sandbox; extra seats add-on at any paid tier.

Carry-up behavior

Sandbox features appear unchanged at every paid tier. Higher tiers add capability — they do not remove or modify Sandbox features. A site built entirely on Sandbox features behaves identically the day after an upgrade.

Out of scope at Sandbox

Three groups of capability are deliberately excluded and unlock elsewhere.

  • Outbound email and form builder (SMTP, Forms, Comments, Custom fonts, Image optimization, IP blocklist, Maintenance mode, Page revisions, Site password, URL redirects, Age gate) — Launch tier ($27/mo).
  • Activity log / audit trail (per-site action log with user + timestamp) — Grow tier ($50/mo).
  • Ecommerce (cart, checkout, products, orders, customers, coupons, reviews, store, store config) — Ecommerce Suite ($30/site, free at Multi+ via All Suites Bundle).

Documentation

  • Reference: reference/sgen/sgen-sandbox-tier.html — structured feature catalog with admin areas, carry-up behavior, exclusion map, upgrade path.
  • Guide: guides/start-here/start-here-sandbox-tier.html — orientation walkthrough, decision matrix, first-session checklist.
  • Per-feature references: SG-Core (Pages, Blog, Media, Templates, Users, Menus), SG-Builder (Visual page builder), the admin (Onboarding wizard, Admin notifications), Appearance (Header/footer, Mobile menu, Theme picker, Branding, Site settings, Shortcodes).

Notes

No migration is required. Existing accounts (created during preview / staging) operate on the Sandbox tier with the full fourteen-feature set as of April 20.

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