The definitive WordPress setup

This is a WordPress installation that is designed to be as close to the definitive setup as possible.

The goal is to have a WordPress installation that is plug-and-play. It's not a WordPress theme, it's a WordPress installation.

Server Requirements

• Any recent Ubuntu version
• 2GB of RAM
• 1GB of free disk space
• An IPv4 address
• Internet access
• SSH access

The Server

There are many ways to get a server

I usually use Hetzner Cloud. It's cheap, fast, reliable, and easy to use. You can get a server for €4/month.

Step 1

Download this repository to your local machine.

• Click in the green button over here "Clone or download" and download the ZIP file.
• Extract the ZIP file to your local machine.

Step 2

Install Docker on your server

• Access your server via SSH
• Run the following commands:

 curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
 sh get-docker.sh

Step 3

Create a repository on GitHub

Create a new repository on your GitHub account.

DO NOT PUSH THE FILES YET.

Step 4

Add the required secrets to the repository

Add the following secrets to the repository:

• SERVER_IP: The IPv4 address of your server. Yes, it needs to be an IPv4 address. Even though it's a domain pointing to an IPv6, GitHub still needs an IPv4 address.
• SERVER_NAME: The domain name of your website, e.g. example.com or www.example.com or both.
• SSH_KEY: The SSH key of your server.

Step 5

Point the domain to your server

Point the domain to your server's IPv4 address.

Step 5

Deploy the website

• Just push the files to the repository.
• The deployment will start automatically.