Wordpress 6.2.2 Docker Compose for Local Development

wordpress-6-2-2-docker-compose.yml

# create a local .env file with the following 4 properties:
#
# MYSQL_DATABASE=<something>
# MYSQL_USER=<something>
# MYSQL_PASSWORD=<something>
# MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<something>
#
# Note: I have had a LOT of issues working with anything newer then Docker Desktop v4.26.1
#   If you're on something newer, then double check against this release.
#
# I also have a video going through this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEceSAJI_3s

version: "3.8"

services:

  database:
    # We use a mariadb image which supports both amd64 & arm64 architecture
    image: mariadb:10.6.4-focal
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 3306:3306
    env_file: .env
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: '${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}'
      MYSQL_DATABASE: '${MYSQL_DATABASE}'
      MYSQL_USER: '${MYSQL_USER}'
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: '${MYSQL_PASSWORD}'
    volumes:
      - db-data:/var/lib/mysql
    networks:
      - wordpress-network
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 2048m

  phpmyadmin:
    depends_on:
      - database
    image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8081:80
    env_file: .env
    environment:
      PMA_HOST: database
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: '${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}'
    networks:
      - wordpress-network

  wordpress:
    depends_on:
      - database
    image: wordpress:6.2.2-apache
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8080:80
    env_file: .env
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: database:3306 # use the same name as database service
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: '${MYSQL_DATABASE}'
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: '${MYSQL_USER}'
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: '${MYSQL_PASSWORD}'
    volumes:
      - ./wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content
    networks:
      - wordpress-network

volumes:
  db-data:

networks:
  wordpress-network:
    driver: bridge  

How would we add something here to also add SSL to the image?

Hmm maybe an easier route would be to add an nginx image, and enable SSL via that route

And I feel stupid for even asking, but how does WordPress run if the only folder in the image is wp-content?

Please don't feel stupid. Not a dumb question at all. I like to think of Docker images as NES cartridges. You plug the ones into your compose file that you want to make use of. When you pull down each "cartridge", it sets up it's own file structure within Docker which it self-serves (in the case of WordPress) via a built-in support for the Apache web server. Hope that helps!

Thank you for sharing!

Thanks so much. It was just what I was looking for. Just starting with docker.