bfren/wordpress

By bfren

•Updated 6 days ago

WordPress installed on Alpine Linux, with auto-generated configuration.

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⁠Docker WordPress

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Docker Repository⁠ - bfren ecosystem⁠

Comes with WordPress⁠ en_GB preinstalled - if you want a different locale, use the Dockerfiles and set the WP_LOCALE argument. Ninja Firewall⁠ is preinstalled and setup to work in Full WAF mode⁠. WP-WebAuthn⁠ is also preinstalled to provide support for passkey authentication.

The required and recommended PHP modules are all installed.

⁠Ports

⁠Volumes

Volume	Purpose
`/wp-content`	`wp-content` directories and `wp-config.php` file.

See the Nginx⁠ image for other configuration details.

⁠Environment Variables

See the Nginx + PHP⁠ image for details of www.conf and php.ini overrides using environment variables.

Variable	Values	Description	Default
`BF_WP_CLEAN_INSTALL`	0 or 1	Set to 1 to wipe WordPress files and start again (WARNING: YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING!).	0
`BF_WP_CONFIG_ADDITIONAL`	string	Additional configuration settings to add to the end of `wp-config.php` - use in conjunction with WP_CONFIG_GENERATE=harden.	None
`BF_WP_CONFIG_HARDEN`	0 or 1	Default value 1 makes `wp-config.php` readonly. Value 0 makes it writeable - helpful for plugins that need to write values to it.	1
`BF_WP_CONFIG_REGENERATE`	0 or 1	Default value 1 generates `wp-config.php` each time and makes readonly. Value 0 generates if it does not exist but then leaves it alone.	harden
`BF_WP_DB_NAME`	string	Database name.	None - required if `BF_WP_CONFIG_REGENERATE` is '1'
`BF_WP_DB_USER`	string	Database username.	None - required if `BF_WP_CONFIG_REGENERATE` is '1'
`BF_WP_DB_PASS`	string	Database password.	None - required if `BF_WP_CONFIG_REGENERATE` is '1'
`BF_WP_DB_HOST`	string	Database host.	None - required if `BF_WP_CONFIG_REGENERATE` is '1'
`BF_WP_DB_CHARSET`	string	Database character set (leave as default if not sure).	utf8mb4
`BF_WP_DB_COLLATE`	string	Database collation (leave blank if not sure).	None
`BF_WP_DB_PREFIX`	string	Database table prefix - an underscore will be added automatically.	wp
`BF_WP_DEBUG`	true or false	Whether or not to enable debug mode.	false
`BF_WP_DISABLE_MAJOR_UPDATES`	0 or 1	Set to 0 to enable WordPress core major system updates (otherwise they are handled by the image).	1
`BF_WP_ENABLE_HTTPS_BEHIND_PROXY`	0 or 1	Whether or not to enable HTTPS behind a proxy server.	1
`BF_WP_INSTALL_NINJAFIREWALL`	0 or 1	Whether or not to install the NinjaFirewall plugin.	1
`BF_WP_INSTALL_WEBAUTHN`	0 or 1	Whether or not to install the WebAuthn plugin.	1
`BF_WP_REDIS_HOST`	string	Set to enable redis on the specified host.	None
`BF_WP_REDIS_PORT`	integer	Set to override the default redis port (6379).	None
`BF_WP_USE_SYSTEM_CRON`	0 or 1	Set to 0 to use WordPress cron instead of system cron (reduces page performance).	1

⁠Helper Functions

Function	Purpose	Usage
`wp-cron`	Runs the WordPress cron - if `WP_USE_SYSTEM_CRON` is 1, will be run automatically.	`wp-cron`

⁠Nginx Configuration Helpers

The image contains a handful of useful Nginx configuration 'helper' files, which you can find in /overlay/etc/nginx/helpers. They all begin with the prefix 'wp':

Helper	Description
`-restrictions.conf`	Adds various security-based restrictions.
`-subdirectory.conf`	Enables WordPress to run in a `wordpress` subdirectory - copy and replace with the name your own subdirectory to use.

⁠Licence

MIT⁠

⁠Copyright

Copyright (c) 2020-2026 bfren⁠ (unless otherwise stated)

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docker pull bfren/wordpress:php8.0-wp7.1.1-dev