Running Wordpress in Docker

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
    
services:
  db:
    image: mysql:5.7
    volumes:
      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: somewordpress
      MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
      MYSQL_USER: wordpress
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress
    
  wordpress:
    depends_on:
      - db
    image: wordpress:latest
    ports:
      - "8000:80"
    restart: always
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
    volumes:
      - $PWD/html:/var/www/html
volumes:
  db_data: {}

Prerequisites

home directory must exist in the root of the project

Commands

$ docker-compose up - start Wordpress
$ docker-compose down - stop Wordpress (and preserve database data)
$ docker-compose down --volumes - stop Wordpress and remove data including containers and network

Environment

By default Wordpress is running at http://localhost:8000