How to Deploy WordPress with Docker Compose

Run WordPress and MySQL in Docker containers for easy setup and portability.

Create docker-compose.yml

version: "3.8"
services:
  wordpress:
    image: wordpress:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wp_user
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wp_password
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
    volumes:
      - wp_data:/var/www/html
    depends_on:
      - db

  db:
    image: mysql:8
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root_password
      MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
      MYSQL_USER: wp_user
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: wp_password
    volumes:
      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql

volumes:
  wp_data:
  db_data:

Deploy

docker compose up -d

Visit http://YOUR_IP to complete the WordPress setup wizard.