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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Deploy WordPress on Upsun |
| 3 | +sidebarTitle: WordPress |
| 4 | +weight: -55 |
| 5 | +description: | |
| 6 | + Complete the last required steps to successfully deploy WordPress on Upsun. |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +{{< note theme="info" >}} |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Before you start, check out the [{{% vendor/name %}} demo app](https://console.upsun.com/projects/create-project) |
| 12 | +and the main [Getting started guide](/get-started/here/_index.md). |
| 13 | +They provide all the core concepts and common commands you need to know before using the following materials. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +{{< /note >}} |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +For WordPress to successfully deploy and operate, after completing the [Getting started guide](/get-started/here/_index.md), |
| 18 | +you still need to add some required files and make a few changes to your Upsun configuration. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +## Before you begin |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +There are many ways you can set up a WordPress site or Upsun project. |
| 23 | +The instructions on this page were designed based on the following assumptions: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- You are building a composer-based WordPress site using John P Bloch's [WordPress Composer Fork](https://github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress). |
| 26 | +- You do not have a `composer.json` file, or are comfortable making changes to your existing version. |
| 27 | +- You selected PHP as your runtime, and MariaDB as a service during the Getting Started guide. It's also assumed that while using the Getting Started guide you named the project `myapp`, which you will notice is the top-level key in all configuration below. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +## 1. Add required files |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +To ensure you have all the required files and directories in your project, follow these steps: |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +1. Copy the following files from the [Platform.sh WordPress Composer template](https://github.com/platformsh-templates/wordpress-composer/) |
| 34 | + and add them to the root of your project: |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | + - The [composer.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformsh-templates/wordpress-composer/61da65da21039b280b588642cd329a2eb253e472/composer.json) file declares project dependencies and specifies project settings and metadata for [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to use |
| 37 | + - The [wp-cli.yml](https://github.com/platformsh-templates/wordpress-composer/blob/61da65da21039b280b588642cd329a2eb253e472/wp-cli.yml) file contains the configuration values, related to your site, for the [WordPress CLI](https://wp-cli.org/) to use |
| 38 | + - The [wp-config.php](https://github.com/platformsh-templates/wordpress-composer/blob/61da65da21039b280b588642cd329a2eb253e472/wp-config.php) file contains your site's base configuration details, such as database connection information |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +2. Optional: To support non-public plugins, add a `plugins` directory to your project. |
| 41 | +To ensure Git tracks empty folders, add a `plugins/.gitkeep` file as well. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +3. Add and commit your changes. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | + ```bash {location="Terminal"} |
| 46 | + git add . |
| 47 | + git commit -m "Add files and directory" |
| 48 | + git push |
| 49 | + ``` |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Now that you have pushed all the necessary files and directories to Upsun, |
| 52 | +make the following changes to your `./.upsun/config.yaml` file. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## 2. Configure your root location |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Locate the `web:locations` section and update the root (`/`) location as follows: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +```yaml {location="./.upsun/config.yaml"} |
| 59 | +applications: |
| 60 | + myapp: |
| 61 | + source: |
| 62 | + root: "/" |
| 63 | + type: 'php:8.3' |
| 64 | + web: |
| 65 | + locations: |
| 66 | + "/": |
| 67 | + passthru: "/index.php" |
| 68 | + root: "wordpress" |
| 69 | + index: |
| 70 | + - "index.php" |
| 71 | + expires: 600 |
| 72 | + scripts: true |
| 73 | + allow: true |
| 74 | + rules: |
| 75 | + ^/license\.text$: |
| 76 | + allow: false |
| 77 | + ^/readme\.html$: |
| 78 | + allow: false |
| 79 | +``` |
| 80 | +
|
| 81 | +{{< note theme="info" >}} |
| 82 | +If you're migrating your site, you may already have a `composer.json` file. |
| 83 | +You may even have generated your own instead of starting from the Platform.sh template version.</br> |
| 84 | +If so, you may also have added a [`wordpress-install-dir` property](https://github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress-core-installer?tab=readme-ov-file#usage) for `extras` in your `composer.json` file.</br> |
| 85 | +In this case, set `root:` to the name of the directory where you are installing WordPress. |
| 86 | +{{< /note >}} |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +## 3. Set up a location for uploads |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +WordPress needs a writable location to store uploaded media. |
| 91 | +To set one up, follow these steps: |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +1. Create the location.</br> |
| 94 | + To do so, add a `/wp-content/uploads` location as follows: |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | + ```yaml {location="./.upsun/config.yaml"} |
| 97 | + applications: |
| 98 | + myapp: |
| 99 | + source: |
| 100 | + root: "/" |
| 101 | + type: 'php:8.3' |
| 102 | + web: |
| 103 | + locations: |
| 104 | + "/": |
| 105 | + passthru: "/index.php" |
| 106 | + root: "wordpress" |
| 107 | + index: |
| 108 | + - "index.php" |
| 109 | + expires: 600 |
| 110 | + scripts: true |
| 111 | + allow: true |
| 112 | + rules: |
| 113 | + ^/license\.text$: |
| 114 | + allow: false |
| 115 | + ^/readme\.html$: |
| 116 | + allow: false |
| 117 | + "/wp-content/uploads": |
| 118 | + root: "wordpress/wp-content/uploads" |
| 119 | + scripts: false |
| 120 | + allow: false |
| 121 | + rules: |
| 122 | + '(?<!\-lock)\.(?i:jpe?g|gif|png|svg|bmp|ico|css|js(?:on)?|eot|ttf|woff|woff2|pdf|docx?|xlsx?|pp[st]x?|psd|odt|key|mp[2-5g]|m4[av]|og[gv]|wav|mov|wm[av]|avi|3g[p2])$': |
| 123 | + allow: true |
| 124 | + expires: 1w |
| 125 | + ``` |
| 126 | +2. To make the location writable, set up [a mount](/create-apps/app-reference.md#mounts).</br> |
| 127 | + To do so, locate the `mounts:` section that is commented it out, and update it as follows: |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | + ```yaml {location="./.upsun/config.yaml"} |
| 130 | + applications: |
| 131 | + myapp: |
| 132 | + source: |
| 133 | + root: "/" |
| 134 | + type: 'php:8.3' |
| 135 | + ... |
| 136 | + mounts: |
| 137 | + "wordpress/wp-content/uploads": |
| 138 | + source: storage |
| 139 | + source_path: "uploads" |
| 140 | + ``` |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | + {{< note theme="info" >}} |
| 143 | + If you have designated a different directory through the `wordpress-install-dir` property in your `composer.json` file, update the |
| 144 | + mount location accordingly. |
| 145 | + {{< /note >}} |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +## 4. Install dependencies during the build hook |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +To ensure your Composer dependencies are installed during the [build stage](/learn/overview/build-deploy.md#the-build), |
| 150 | +locate the `build:` section (below the `hooks:` section).</br> |
| 151 | +Update the `build:` section as follows: |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +```yaml {location="./.upsun/config.yaml"} |
| 154 | +applications: |
| 155 | + myapp: |
| 156 | + source: |
| 157 | + root: "/" |
| 158 | + type: 'php:8.3' |
| 159 | + ... |
| 160 | + hooks: |
| 161 | + build: | |
| 162 | + set -eux |
| 163 | + composer install --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader --apcu-autoloader --no-progress --no-ansi --no-interaction |
| 164 | + rsync -a plugins/ wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ |
| 165 | +``` |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +You can adjust the `composer install` command to meet your specific requirements. |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +If you aren't using the `plugins` directory to manage non-public plugins, remove the `rsync` command. |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | +## 5. Launch tasks during the deploy hook |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +Some tasks need to be performed after the images for our application are built, |
| 174 | +but before the newly built application can receive requests. |
| 175 | +Therefore, the best time to launch them is during the [deploy hook](/learn/overview/build-deploy.md#deploy-steps). |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | +Such tasks include: |
| 178 | + |
| 179 | +- Flushing the object cache, which might have changed between current production and newly deployed changes |
| 180 | +- Running the WordPress database update procedure, in case core is being updated with the newly deployed changes |
| 181 | +- Running any due cron jobs |
| 182 | + |
| 183 | +To launch these tasks during the deploy hook, |
| 184 | +locate the `deploy:` section (below the `build:` section).</br> |
| 185 | +Update the `deploy:` section as follows: |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | +```yaml {location="./.upsun/config.yaml"} |
| 188 | +applications: |
| 189 | + myapp: |
| 190 | + source: |
| 191 | + root: "/" |
| 192 | + type: 'php:8.3' |
| 193 | + ... |
| 194 | + hooks: |
| 195 | + deploy: | |
| 196 | + set -eux |
| 197 | + # Flushes the object cache |
| 198 | + wp cache flush |
| 199 | + # Runs the WordPress database update procedure |
| 200 | + wp core update-db |
| 201 | + # Runs all due cron events |
| 202 | + wp cron event run --due-now |
| 203 | +``` |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | +## 6. Configure your default route |
| 206 | + |
| 207 | +Next, instruct the [router](learn/overview/structure.md#router) how to handle requests to your WordPress app. |
| 208 | +To do so, locate the `routes:` section, and beneath it, the `"https://{default}/":` route. |
| 209 | + |
| 210 | +Update the route as follows: |
| 211 | + |
| 212 | +```yaml {location="./.upsun/config.yaml"} |
| 213 | +applications: |
| 214 | + myapp: |
| 215 | + source: |
| 216 | + root: "/" |
| 217 | + type: 'php:8.3' |
| 218 | + ... |
| 219 | +
|
| 220 | +routes: |
| 221 | + "https://{default}/": |
| 222 | + type: upstream |
| 223 | + upstream: "myapp:http" |
| 224 | + cache: |
| 225 | + enabled: true |
| 226 | + cookies: |
| 227 | + - '/^wordpress_*/' |
| 228 | + - '/^wp-*/' |
| 229 | +``` |
| 230 | + |
| 231 | +Matching the application name `myapp` with the `upstream` definition `myapp:http` is the most important setting to ensure at this stage. |
| 232 | +If these strings aren't the same, the WordPress deployment will not succeed. |
| 233 | + |
| 234 | +## 7. Update your MariaDB service relationship |
| 235 | + |
| 236 | +You need to update the name used to represent the [relationship](/create-apps/app-reference.md#relationships) between your app and your MariaDB service. |
| 237 | +To do so, locate the `relationships:` top-level property. |
| 238 | +Update the relationship for the database service as follows: |
| 239 | + |
| 240 | +```yaml {location="./.upsun/config.yaml"} |
| 241 | +applications: |
| 242 | + myapp: |
| 243 | + source: |
| 244 | + root: "/" |
| 245 | + type: 'php:8.3' |
| 246 | + ... |
| 247 | + relationships: |
| 248 | + database: "mariadb:mysql" |
| 249 | +``` |
| 250 | + |
| 251 | +You can now commit all the changes made to `.upsun/config.yaml` and push to Upsun. |
| 252 | + |
| 253 | + ```bash {location="Terminal"} |
| 254 | + git add . |
| 255 | + git commit -m "Add changes to complete my Upsun configuration" |
| 256 | + git push |
| 257 | + ``` |
| 258 | + |
| 259 | + |
| 260 | +## Further resources |
| 261 | + |
| 262 | +### Documentation |
| 263 | + |
| 264 | +- [PHP documentation](/languages/php/) |
| 265 | +- [Authenticated Composer repositories](/languages/php/composer-auth.md) |
| 266 | + |
| 267 | +### Community content |
| 268 | + |
| 269 | +- [PHP topics](https://support.platform.sh/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=php) |
| 270 | +- [WordPress topics](https://support.platform.sh/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=wordpress) |
| 271 | + |
| 272 | +### Blogs |
| 273 | + |
| 274 | +- [To Upsun, a WordPress migration story](https://upsun.com/blog/to-upsun-a-wordpress-migration-story/) |
| 275 | + |
| 276 | +<!-- ## Video --> |
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