Deploy WordPress on Light Cloud - a PHP container with one-click MySQL wiring, or the full stack created in one go from the template.
Deploy WordPress
WordPress runs as a PHP container on port 8080, with the platform's tightest database integration: pick a managed MySQL database in the app's settings and the WORDPRESS_DB_HOST, WORDPRESS_DB_NAME, WORDPRESS_DB_USER, and WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD variables are filled in for you.
The fast path: the stack#
The WordPress stack creates everything in one go - the app from the light-cloud-com/starter-wordpress starter, a Shared-tier MySQL database (1 GB), and the wiring between them. Deploy, open the URL, run the WordPress installer, done.
Bring your own#
Deploying your own WordPress repository works the same way:
- Create the app from your repository - detection recognises WordPress.
- Create a MySQL database (Shared tier is fine to start).
- Connect it in the app's settings - the
WORDPRESS_DB_*variables appear - or set them by hand from the Credentials tab.
Things to know#
- Keep it warm. WordPress cold-starts slowly; the stack ships with min instances at
1. Recommended for production - an always-on Micro is about $50 a month, see Pricing. - Uploads and plugins. The filesystem inside a container does not survive deploys or scaling. Keep changes in the repository (themes, plugins via composer or committed files) and media on an offload plugin, not the local disk.
- One instance. The stack pins max instances to
1, which sidesteps shared-filesystem assumptions in plugins. Raise it only if your setup stores nothing locally.