panelica/openlitespeed-wordpress repository overview

⁠OpenLiteSpeed WordPress

A production-ready WordPress image built on OpenLiteSpeed, with LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache) full-page caching, Redis object caching, and a selectable PHP runtime (8.2, 8.3, or 8.4). OPcache and the JIT compiler are enabled and tuned by default. WordPress core is provisioned at its latest stable release on first start, so the instance is ready for use immediately. Open-source and free to use; OpenLiteSpeed is distributed under the GPLv3 license.

Maintained by Panelica⁠, a server control panel for managing websites, runtimes, databases, email, DNS, and containers.

⁠Overview

⁠Requirements

This image runs the web tier. It expects a MariaDB (or MySQL) database and a Redis instance to be reachable on the same network. The example below provisions both.

⁠Deployment (Docker Compose)

services:
  wordpress:
    image: panelica/openlitespeed-wordpress:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    environment:
      PHP_VERSION: "8.4"            # 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4
      SITE_URL: "http://localhost:8080"
      WP_TITLE: "My WordPress Site"
      WP_ADMIN_USER: "admin"
      WP_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "change-this-password"
      WP_ADMIN_EMAIL: "[email protected]"
      DB_HOST: "mysql"
      DB_NAME: "wordpress"
      DB_USER: "wordpress"
      DB_PASSWORD: "set-a-strong-password"
      REDIS_HOST: "redis"
    depends_on: [mysql, redis]
    restart: unless-stopped
  mysql:
    image: mariadb:11.8
    environment:
      MARIADB_DATABASE: "wordpress"
      MARIADB_USER: "wordpress"
      MARIADB_PASSWORD: "set-a-strong-password"
      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "set-a-strong-root-password"
    volumes: ["db_data:/var/lib/mysql"]
    restart: unless-stopped
  redis:
    image: redis:alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
  db_data:

docker compose up -d
# The site is available at http://localhost:8080 — sign in at /wp-admin

⁠Configuration

⁠Persistence

WordPress files are stored at /var/www/vhosts/localhost/html. Mount a volume at this path to persist uploads, themes, and plugins across container recreation.

⁠Exposed ports

⁠Notes

• WordPress is installed and configured automatically on first start; no setup wizard is required.
• The provisioning step is idempotent: subsequent restarts reuse the existing installation.
• Production deployments should set SITE_URL to the public domain and terminate TLS at a reverse proxy or load balancer where applicable.

⁠About Panelica

This image is maintained by Panelica, a control panel for provisioning and managing servers through a web interface. Panelica can deploy this stack (WordPress, OpenLiteSpeed, MariaDB, and Redis) as a managed application, with runtime selection, credential generation, domain attachment, and automatic TLS. It is available in 31 languages.

Learn more at panelica.com⁠.

OpenLiteSpeed is a trademark of LiteSpeed Technologies and is licensed under the GPLv3. This image bundles OpenLiteSpeed, lsphp, WP-CLI, and the LiteSpeed Cache plugin.