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WordPress with MySQL with Docker Compose

WordPress and its MySQL database with named volumes, starting WordPress only once the database is healthy.

Customize names, versions and passwords →

services:
  wordpress:
    image: wordpress:6.8-apache
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: "change-me"
    volumes:
      - wordpress-content:/var/www/html
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy

  db:
    image: mysql:8.4
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "change-me"
      MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
      MYSQL_USER: wordpress
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "change-me"
    volumes:
      - wordpress-db:/var/lib/mysql
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "127.0.0.1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 10

volumes:
  wordpress-content:
  wordpress-db:

Passwords here are placeholders (change-me). The generator creates random ones for you.

How to use it

docker compose up -d
docker compose ps
docker compose logs -f

• Open http://localhost:8080 to finish the WordPress setup. Add the Caddy or Traefik template in front for HTTPS.

Prefer Kubernetes? See the WordPress with MySQL Kubernetes version.