How to Set Up WordPress Bedrock on Nginx

Bedrock brings modern development practices to WordPress — Composer for dependency management, .env files for configuration and an improved directory structure.

Step 1 — Install

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
composer create-project roots/bedrock /var/www/yourdomain.com

Step 2 — Configure .env

DB_NAME=wordpress
DB_USER=wpuser
DB_PASSWORD=StrongPassword
WP_ENV=production
WP_HOME=https://yourdomain.com
WP_SITEURL=${WP_HOME}/wp

Step 3 — Nginx Config

root /var/www/yourdomain.com/web;
location ~* /(\.env|composer\.json) { deny all; }

Step 4 — Install Plugins via Composer

composer require wpackagist-plugin/redis-cache
composer require wpackagist-plugin/wordfence

Conclusion

Bedrock brings professional development practices to WordPress. Our team deploys WordPress with Bedrock for development-focused clients.