A quick way to run docker-compose up and have an environment with WordPress and MySQL database. The primary use case is for development work. The PHP version in the WordPress image is 7.2.x.
You can clone this repository and use it to store your WordPress content files during development inside the wp-content directory. The installation files are provided by the wordpress image but you can keep track of themes and plugins here.
*** NOTE *** There are no themes or plugins installed when first run. You will need to install at a theme after the initial run to be useful.
docker-compose up
The interface can be accessed at: http://localhost:8000
For customizations options, see below.
- WordPress
- The installation files are provided by the base image using the version you specified when calling
docker-compose up. These aren't saved to the local directory. - Save any themes or plugins in the
wp-contentdirectory. These are synced locally.
- The installation files are provided by the base image using the version you specified when calling
- Database
- Data is saved inside the
wordpress_db_datadocker volume
- Data is saved inside the
docker exec wordpress_db_1 mysqldump -u root -psomewordpress wordpress > database.sql
If you migrate from lower to higher MySQL version the DB engine should be able to migrate your data successfully. If not, consider backing up your data, removing the docker volume wordpress_db_data, and re-importing the data into the new version.
By default the latest official version of WordPress is used. If you need an environment with a specific version you can pass in the environment variable WORDPRESS_VERSION. For example, using WordPress 4.8:
WORDPRESS_VERSION=4.8 docker-compose up
By default MySQL 5.7 is used. If you need an environment with a specific version you can pass in the environment variable MYSQL_VERSION. For example, MySQL 5.6:
MYSQL_VERSION=5.6 docker-compose up