WordPress Docker - containerize Wordpress for development

This project is a simple containerized Wordpress installation for development.

It is not intended for production use.

Usage

• Clone the repository
• Run docker compose up
• If it's a first run, fresh latest Wordpress will be downloaded and installed.
• Set up your WordPress site on http://localhost
• Wordpress files like wp-config.php are stored in the wordpress-data directory, so you can edit them directly
• You can customize the docker-compose.yml file to change the image versions, ports, etc.

Customization

• In php.ini change PHP settings
• In Dockerfile change included PHP modules (documentation)
• In docker-compose.yml change mariadb to mysql, add redis or memcached, etc.
• Customize .gitignore to keep themes / plugins / etc.

Troubleshooting

• If you cannot edit Wordpress files (theme, plugins, updating, etc.), set WWWGROUP to your user group and try again.
• If Wordpress cannot access the database, check if DB_HOST in wp-config.php matches database service name in the docker-compose.yml file.

Thanks to mlocati for PHP extension installer