arcadiaservers/wordpress repository overview

⁠Arcadia WordPress

Production-ready WordPress image with Nginx, PHP-FPM, and OPCache bundled in a single, lightweight container. Optimized for shared hosting environments and designed for performance out of the box.

⁠Features

• Nginx — high-performance web server with hardened security headers
• PHP-FPM — FastCGI Process Manager with tier-based pool configuration
• OPCache — bytecode caching enabled for faster PHP execution
• Supervisor — manages Nginx and PHP-FPM processes
• WP-CLI — pre-installed for easy WordPress management
• Tier-based resources — standard and premium presets, plus fully custom tuning
• Security hardening — non-root user, rate limiting, restricted file access, disabled dangerous functions
• Health checks — built-in container health monitoring

⁠Quick Start

docker run -d \
  -e TIER=standard \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=mysql:3306 \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=wordpress \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_USER=wpuser \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=secret \
  -p 80:80 \
  arcadia/wordpress:latest

⁠Environment Variables

⁠Required

⁠Tier Configuration

⁠Custom Configuration (when TIER=custom)

Append _OVERRIDE to any variable above to override tier defaults.

⁠Tiers

⁠Standard

For standard WordPress sites and blogs.

⁠Premium

For high-traffic sites, WooCommerce stores, and demanding applications.

⁠Custom

Fully configurable resource limits for specialized deployments.

⁠Tags

⁠Security Features

• Non-root user for Nginx
• Restricted file access
• Security headers (X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, etc.)
• Rate limiting for wp-login.php
• Blocked access to sensitive files (.htaccess, wp-config.php, etc.)
• Disabled dangerous PHP functions

⁠Health Check

The container includes a health check that monitors WordPress availability:

docker ps
# STATUS column shows health: starting, healthy, or unhealthy

⁠Logs

# All logs
docker logs <container>

# Nginx logs
docker exec <container> tail -f /var/log/nginx/access.log

# PHP-FPM logs
docker exec <container> tail -f /var/log/php-fpm/error.log

⁠WP-CLI

WP-CLI is pre-installed and available:

docker exec <container> wp plugin list
docker exec <container> wp core update
docker exec <container> wp db export