# WP\_ENVIRONMENT\_TYPE Support
**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-environment-type-support/390
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-environment-type-support/390 "2021-02-17T13:20:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@jaschaio](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jaschaio)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-environment-type-support/390/1 "2021-02-17T13:20:48Z")
As described in [the official Kinsta Blog](https://kinsta.com/feature-updates/wp_get_environment_type-function/) I would expect the `wp_get_environment_type()` method to return `development` on DevKinsta websites.
A workaround is just defining `define( 'WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'development' );` within the `wp-config.php` file, but I would expect it similar to the Kinsta production and staging environments to be set automatically as this is easily forgot.
**Q: DevKinsta Version**
**A: Version 1.0.2 (1.0.2.1256)**
**Q: OS Version**
**A: macOS 10.15.6**
**Q: Docker Desktop Version**
**A: 3.1.0**
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### Author:  [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-environment-type-support/390/2 "2021-02-17T16:13:18Z")
Welcome to DevKinsta @jaschaio . `wp_get_environment_type` defaults to `production` so it makes sense that it would show that. Great idea to get this added though. I’ve moved this over to feature requests for our developer’s to take a look at. Thanks for the suggestion!
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### Author:  [@Adam\_Bergman](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Adam_Bergman)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wp-environment-type-support/390/3 "2021-10-10T09:54:52Z")
Hey,
Just wanted to drop in and say that if you “depend” (I would argue that you shouldn’t) on `wp_get_environment_type()` and `WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE` you can work around it until DevKinsta is able to set it for you, if they will 🙂
1. Enter the DevKinsta docker container and edit the fpm configuration:
```auto
$ docker exec -it devkinsta_fpm bash
$ cd /etc/php/7.4/fpm/pool.d
$ nano www.conf
```
2. Append the following line in the end of `www.conf`:
```auto
env[WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE] = local
```
3. Restart the container with `docker restart devkinsta_fpm`
Note that I had to install `nano` before I could get this working: `docker exec devkinsta_fpm bash -c "apt-get update;apt-get -y install nano"`