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WordPress

What is WordPress?​

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL/MariaDB database. It is used for creating websites, blogs, and applications — powering over 40% of the web.

Deployment Variants​

WordPress is available in two deployment configurations:

WordPress with MariaDB​

  • Database: MariaDB
  • Use case: Production deployments with MariaDB preference (recommended for most users)
  • Components:
    • WordPress container
    • MariaDB container
    • Automatic database configuration and health checks

WordPress with MySQL​

  • Database: MySQL
  • Use case: Production deployments with MySQL preference
  • Components:
    • WordPress container
    • MySQL container
    • Automatic database configuration and health checks

Both variants provide equivalent functionality — choose based on your database preference or existing infrastructure.

FAQ​

How to increase the upload size limit?​

  1. Open the .htaccess file through the Terminal in your dashboard (or via SSH with docker exec -ti <container_id> /bin/sh)
  2. Add the following lines to the end of the file:
php_value upload_max_filesize 256M
php_value post_max_size 256M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300
  1. Save and close the file.
  2. Reload the website — changes should apply automatically.

How to fix a redirection loop?​

  1. Open the .htaccess file through the Terminal in your dashboard
  2. Add the following block:
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
  SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-Proto "^https$" HTTPS
</IfModule>
  1. Save, close, and reload the website.