Prerequisites

You need Docker to be installed with docker-compose.

Also, a WordPress backup plugin is needed. The plugin should download the database dump in SQL format and all necessary WordPress files.

I tested it with backwpup plugin. With this plugin, you need to create a cron-job to generate backup files. Run job and download results.

Configuration

Clone this repository to the desired folder using the command below.

git clone git@github.com:bogkonstantin/wordpress-docker.git

Change PHP version in docker/php/Dockerfile if needed. Change MySQL version in docker-compose.yml if needed.

Copy website files to the wp folder.

Add to wp-config.php local database connection values. See it in the docker-compose.yml or override using the .env file.

Default parameters:

define( 'DB_NAME', "db" );
define( 'DB_USER', "dbuser" );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', "pass" );
define( 'DB_HOST', "db" );

Set domain to localhost in wp-config.php:

define('WP_HOME','http://localhost');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://localhost');

Copy database dump to db_init folder.

Override config values in .env files if needed. See the list of available variables in the docker-compose.yml file.

Use it with docker-compose commands. For example, start the application with the command:

docker-compose up -d

Stop application (containers) with the command:

docker-compose down

Now you can open your website locally using the link http://localhost

Config Xdebug in your IDE if necessary.

Feel free to contribute to this repository.

And don't forget to check your website availability with uptime.onl.