Ubuntu + Docker + WordPress 🔥 Local Hosting Setup (Step-by-Step Guide 2026)

Want to run WordPress on your own PC without buying hosting? 🚀 In this step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you how to install and run WordPress locally using Docker on Ubuntu. This method is fast, flexible, and perfect for developers, students, and beginners who want to build websites offline. In this video, you will learn: ✔ How to deploy WordPress using Docker ✔ How to configure MySQL database ✔ How to access WordPress on localhost ✔ How to manage containers easily This setup is ideal for testing, development, and learning WordPress without any hosting cost. 🛠️ Technologies Used Ubuntu Linux Docker Docker Compose WordPress MySQL Command: 01. mkdir ~/wordpress && cd ~/wordpress 02. nano docker-compose.yml 03. Paste the yaml config version: '3.3' services: db: image: mysql:5.7 container_name: wordpress_db restart: always environment: MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress MYSQL_USER: wordpress MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: wordpress volumes: - db_data:/var/lib/mysql wordpress: image: wordpress:latest container_name: wordpress_app depends_on: - db restart: always ports: - "3355:80" environment: WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306 WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress volumes: - wordpress_data:/var/www/html phpmyadmin: image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin container_name: wordpress_phpmyadmin depends_on: - db restart: always ports: - "3356:80" environment: PMA_HOST: db PMA_USER: root PMA_PASSWORD: wordpress volumes: db_data: wordpress_data: 04 : save the nano configuration 05 : docker-compose up -d #Docker #WordPress #Linux #TechTips #HowTo #DevOps #Homelab #WebHosting #MySQL #PHPMyAdmin