Self-hosting WordPress in 10 minutes

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09.10.2026 · 8 min

TITLE..........Self-hosting WordPress in 10 minutes

DATE..........09.10.2026

TAGS..........docker, caddy

SIZE..........8 min

One compose file, three containers, automatic TLS.

Start with a clean VPS, install Docker and pull the official images. Caddy handles certificates.

[ /srv/yearone/compose.yml ]

yaml · 20L

1# yearone.cloud — three boxes, one file

2services:

3 db:

4 image: mariadb:11

5 restart: unless-stopped

6 environment:

7 MARIADB_DATABASE: yearone

8 MARIADB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASS} # never commit .env

9 volumes:

10 - db:/var/lib/mysql

11 wordpress:

12 image: wordpress:6-php8.3

13 depends_on: [db]

14 volumes:

15 - ./wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content

16 caddy:

17 image: caddy:2

18 ports: ["80:80", "443:443"]

19volumes:

20 db: {}

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# yearone.cloud — three boxes, one file
services:
  db:
    image: mariadb:11
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      MARIADB_DATABASE: yearone
      MARIADB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASS}   # never commit .env
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/mysql
  wordpress:
    image: wordpress:6-php8.3
    depends_on: [db]
    volumes:
      - ./wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2
    ports: ["80:80", "443:443"]
volumes:
  db: {}

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