diff --git a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/boot-playground-remote.ts b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/boot-playground-remote.ts
index d75a3162e4..96f3f6f8c6 100644
--- a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/boot-playground-remote.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/boot-playground-remote.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ export async function bootPlaygroundRemote() {
 		) {
 			return await workerApi.bindOpfs(options, onProgress);
 		},
+
+		/**
+		 * Download WordPress assets.
+		 */
+		async backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild() {
+			await workerApi.backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild();
+		},
 	};
 
 	await workerApi.isConnected();
@@ -232,6 +239,9 @@ export async function bootPlaygroundRemote() {
 		throw e;
 	}
 
+	wpFrame.addEventListener('load', () => {
+		webApi.backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild();
+	});
 	/*
 	 * An assertion to make sure Playground Client is compatible
 	 * with Remote<PlaygroundClient>
diff --git a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/playground-client.ts b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/playground-client.ts
index eeb23f1bf1..dede3f2eca 100644
--- a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/playground-client.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/playground-client.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export interface WebClientMixin extends ProgressReceiver {
 	replayFSJournal: PlaygroundWorkerEndpoint['replayFSJournal'];
 	addEventListener: PlaygroundWorkerEndpoint['addEventListener'];
 	removeEventListener: PlaygroundWorkerEndpoint['removeEventListener'];
+	backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild: PlaygroundWorkerEndpoint['backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild'];
 
 	/** @inheritDoc @php-wasm/universal!UniversalPHP.onMessage */
 	onMessage: PlaygroundWorkerEndpoint['onMessage'];
diff --git a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts
index 4c0a9b5b93..5da9ea0904 100644
--- a/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/remote/src/lib/worker-thread.ts
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ import transportFetch from './playground-mu-plugin/playground-includes/wp_http_f
 import transportDummy from './playground-mu-plugin/playground-includes/wp_http_dummy.php?raw';
 /** @ts-ignore */
 import playgroundWebMuPlugin from './playground-mu-plugin/0-playground.php?raw';
-import { PHPWorker } from '@php-wasm/universal';
+import { PHP, PHPWorker } from '@php-wasm/universal';
 import {
 	bootWordPress,
 	getLoadedWordPressVersion,
 } from '@wp-playground/wordpress';
 import { wpVersionToStaticAssetsDirectory } from '@wp-playground/wordpress-builds';
 import { logger } from '@php-wasm/logger';
+import { unzipFile } from '@wp-playground/common';
 
 const scope = Math.random().toFixed(16);
 
@@ -186,6 +187,67 @@ export class PlaygroundWorkerEndpoint extends PHPWorker {
 	async replayFSJournal(events: FilesystemOperation[]) {
 		return replayFSJournal(this.__internal_getPHP()!, events);
 	}
+
+	async backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild() {
+		await backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild(
+			this.__internal_getPHP()!
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+async function backfillStaticFilesRemovedFromMinifiedBuild(php: PHP) {
+	if (!php.requestHandler) {
+		logger.warn('No PHP request handler available');
+		return;
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const remoteAssetListPath = joinPaths(
+			php.requestHandler.documentRoot,
+			'wordpress-remote-asset-paths'
+		);
+
+		/**
+		 * Don't download static assets if they're already downloaded.
+		 * WordPress may be loaded either from a production release or a minified bundle.
+		 * Minified bundles are shipped without most CSS files, JS files, and other static assets.
+		 * Instead, they contain a list of remote assets in wordpress-remote-asset-paths.
+		 * We use this list to determine if we should fetch them on demand or if they are already downloaded.
+		 * If the list is empty, we assume the assets are already downloaded.
+		 * See https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-playground/pull/1531 to understand how we use the remote asset list to backfill assets on demand.
+		 */
+		if (
+			!php.fileExists(remoteAssetListPath) ||
+			(await php.readFileAsText(remoteAssetListPath)) === ''
+		) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const wpVersion = await getLoadedWordPressVersion(php.requestHandler);
+		const staticAssetsDirectory =
+			wpVersionToStaticAssetsDirectory(wpVersion);
+		if (!staticAssetsDirectory) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const response = await fetch(
+			joinPaths('/', staticAssetsDirectory, 'wordpress-static.zip')
+		);
+
+		if (!response.ok) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`Failed to fetch WordPress static assets: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`
+			);
+		}
+
+		await unzipFile(
+			php,
+			new File([await response.blob()], 'wordpress-static.zip'),
+			php.requestHandler.documentRoot
+		);
+		// Clear the remote asset list to indicate that the assets are downloaded.
+		await php.writeFile(remoteAssetListPath, '');
+	} catch (e) {
+		logger.warn('Failed to download WordPress assets', e);
+	}
 }
 
 const apiEndpoint = new PlaygroundWorkerEndpoint(
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/build/Dockerfile b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/build/Dockerfile
index fb62d4cc26..e810a25901 100644
--- a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/build/Dockerfile
@@ -44,11 +44,19 @@ RUN rm -rf wordpress-static/wp-content/mu-plugins
 # to request a remote asset or delegate the request for a missing file to PHP.
 RUN find wordpress-static -type f | sed 's#^wordpress-static/##'> wordpress-remote-asset-paths
 
-# Make the remote asset listing available remotely so it can be downloaded 
+# Make the remote asset listing available remotely so it can be downloaded
 # directly in cases where an older minified WordPress build without this file
 # has been saved to browser storage.
 RUN cp wordpress-remote-asset-paths wordpress-static/
 
+# ZIP the static files
+RUN cd wordpress-static/ && \
+    zip -r ../wordpress-static.zip . && \
+    cd ..
+
+# Move ZIP to the public output directory
+RUN cp wordpress-static.zip wordpress-static/
+
 # Move the static files to the final output directory
 RUN mkdir /root/output/$OUT_FILENAME
 RUN mv wordpress-static/* /root/output/$OUT_FILENAME/
@@ -135,6 +143,6 @@ RUN cd wordpress && \
 # Build the final wp.zip file
 RUN mv wordpress /wordpress && \
     cp wordpress-remote-asset-paths /wordpress/ && \
+    cp wordpress-static.zip /wordpress/ && \
     cd /wordpress && \
     zip /root/output/$OUT_FILENAME.zip -r .
-    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.2/wordpress-static.zip b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.2/wordpress-static.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05d0b4f5ba
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.2/wordpress-static.zip differ
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.3/wordpress-static.zip b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.3/wordpress-static.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adad127d0a
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.3/wordpress-static.zip differ
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.4/wordpress-static.zip b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.4/wordpress-static.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56f70b3001
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.4/wordpress-static.zip differ
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.5/wordpress-static.zip b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.5/wordpress-static.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6948ee63c9
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-6.5/wordpress-static.zip differ
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-beta/wordpress-static.zip b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-beta/wordpress-static.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20588eacf4
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-beta/wordpress-static.zip differ
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-nightly/wordpress-static.zip b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-nightly/wordpress-static.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01149593c3
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/wp-nightly/wordpress-static.zip differ
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/boot.ts b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/boot.ts
index 2299ed431f..089ba32616 100644
--- a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/boot.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/boot.ts
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ async function isWordPressInstalled(php: PHP) {
 	return (
 		(
 			await php.run({
-				code: `<?php 
+				code: `<?php
 	require '${php.documentRoot}/wp-load.php';
 	echo is_blog_installed() ? '1' : '0';
 	`,
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts
index 1c45217de2..47bfa9ec5a 100644
--- a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/index.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { PHP, UniversalPHP } from '@php-wasm/universal';
 import { joinPaths, phpVar } from '@php-wasm/util';
 import { unzipFile } from '@wp-playground/common';
 export { bootWordPress } from './boot';
-export { getLoadedWordPressVersion } from './version-detect';
 
+export * from './version-detect';
 export * from './rewrite-rules';
 
 /**
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function setupPlatformLevelMuPlugins(php: UniversalPHP) {
 	await php.writeFile(
 		'/internal/shared/preload/env.php',
 		`<?php
-    
+
         // Allow adding filters/actions prior to loading WordPress.
         // $function_to_add MUST be a string.
         function playground_add_filter( $tag, $function_to_add, $priority = 10, $accepted_args = 1 ) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export async function setupPlatformLevelMuPlugins(php: UniversalPHP) {
         function playground_add_action( $tag, $function_to_add, $priority = 10, $accepted_args = 1 ) {
             playground_add_filter( $tag, $function_to_add, $priority, $accepted_args );
         }
-        
+
         // Load our mu-plugins after customer mu-plugins
         // NOTE: this means our mu-plugins can't use the muplugins_loaded action!
         playground_add_action( 'muplugins_loaded', 'playground_load_mu_plugins', 0 );
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export async function setupPlatformLevelMuPlugins(php: UniversalPHP) {
             }
             return $redirect_url;
         } );
-		
+
         // Needed because gethostbyname( 'wordpress.org' ) returns
         // a private network IP address for some reason.
         add_filter( 'allowed_redirect_hosts', function( $deprecated = '' ) {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export async function setupPlatformLevelMuPlugins(php: UniversalPHP) {
         if(!file_exists(WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/fonts')) {
             mkdir(WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/fonts');
         }
-		
+
         $log_file = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/debug.log';
         define('ERROR_LOG_FILE', $log_file);
         ini_set('error_log', $log_file);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function setupPlatformLevelMuPlugins(php: UniversalPHP) {
 	await php.writeFile(
 		'/internal/shared/preload/error-handler.php',
 		`<?php
-		(function() { 
+		(function() {
 			$playground_consts = [];
 			if(file_exists('/internal/shared/consts.json')) {
 				$playground_consts = @json_decode(file_get_contents('/internal/shared/consts.json'), true) ?: [];
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export async function preloadSqliteIntegration(
 
 /**
  * Loads the SQLite integration plugin before WordPress is loaded
- * and without creating a drop-in "db.php" file. 
+ * and without creating a drop-in "db.php" file.
  *
  * Technically, it creates a global $wpdb object whose only two
  * purposes are to:
diff --git a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/version-detect.ts b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/version-detect.ts
index 6be501f6b9..9855093d72 100644
--- a/packages/playground/wordpress/src/version-detect.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/wordpress/src/version-detect.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export async function getLoadedWordPressVersion(
 	if (!versionString) {
 		throw new Error('Unable to read loaded WordPress version.');
 	}
-
 	return versionStringToLoadedWordPressVersion(versionString);
 }