WordPress on Docker

Last Updated: April 21, 2022

In this article, we will see how to install WordPress in docker and use it for local development purposes.

To run WordPress you need

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • nginix

If you are a WordPress developer it is very useful to run the WordPress on a Docker container so that you can set up the local WordPress development environment.

Step 1 – Install and run the Docker desktop

Step 2 – Create docker-compose.yaml and add the following configuration

Using official WordPredd Docker Image with environmental variables.

MySQL official Docker Image with environmental variables.

version: '3'
services:
  db:
    image: mysql:5.7
    volumes:
      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=wordpress
      - MYSQL_USER=ordpress
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=wordpress
    networks:
      - wpsite
  # WordPress
  wordpress:
    depends_on:
      - db
    image: wordpress:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    volumes: ["./:/var/www/html"]
    environment:
      - WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=db:3306
      - WORDPRESS_DB_USER=wordpress
      - WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=wordpress
    networks:
      - wpsite

volumes:
  db_data:
networks:
  wpsite:

Step 3: Create Docker images

Run the following command in the terminal. Your working directory should be where you have the docker-compose.yaml file

docker-compose up

You can see the following docker images on your Docker Desktop

You can open the WordPress site with http://localhost:8080/ URL and setup the site by giving the admin user name and password.

How do you edit the files of WordPress?

WordPress files can be seen in your working directory as shown in the below image

> docker ps
Test