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nginx and WordPress

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 10, 2016

So, I thought it would be interesting to demonstrate how easy it is to set up WordPress with nginx, given the popularity of each of these systems alone as well as together. In my last article, I described how you can set up a plain-vanilla PHP system with nginx; WordPress is a bit more complex, but less than you might think. Starting with a bare-bones Linux installation, let’s walk through the configuration needed to get WordPress up and running.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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