How to install WordPress on a Cloud VPS

WordPress powers over 40% of the web: the most popular CMS for blogs, business sites and online stores, on a server you control.

On your own VPS you get dedicated performance for your site, full root access and none of the compromises of shared hosting.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: WordPress installs automatically at the first boot of a new server.

1. Create a Cloud VPS from the control panel.
2. In the configuration step, pick WordPress from the app catalog.
3. Start the server. The install runs in the background for a few minutes and its status shows on the server page.
4. Access details and generated passwords are saved on the server in /root/app-credentials.txt. The app will be available on port 80.

Manual install on any Ubuntu server

If you prefer doing it yourself, below is the exact script our automatic install runs. Execute it as root on a fresh Ubuntu server (24.04 recommended). It stops at the first error, and when it finishes you will find the access details in /root/app-credentials.txt.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
DB_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | cut -c1-20)
mkdir -p /opt/wordpress && cd /opt/wordpress
cat > docker-compose.yml <<EOF
services:
  db:
    image: mysql:8
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
      MYSQL_USER: wordpress
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASS}
      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: '1'
    volumes:
      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
  wordpress:
    image: wordpress:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - '80:80'
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASS}
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
    volumes:
      - wp_data:/var/www/html
volumes:
  db_data:
  wp_data:
EOF
docker compose up -d
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
printf 'WordPress: http://%s\nFinalizeaza instalarea la prima accesare.\nMySQL (intern): utilizator wordpress, parola %s\n' "$IP" "$DB_PASS" > /root/app-credentials.txt

You can also save this script as a recipe in your account and reuse it on any new server.