WordPress Local Dev Environment

WordPress Local Dev Environment

A local WordPress setup that mirrors a managed hosting environment. Theme and plugin directories are volume-mounted so you edit on your host and see changes live. Mailpit intercepts all outgoing mail so you can test email flows without sending anything real.

What's Included

• WordPress (latest) with wp-config.php pre-configured for the stack
• MySQL 8.0 as the database backend
• phpMyAdmin for visual database management
• Mailpit for local SMTP interception and email preview
• WP-CLI available via docker compose run --rm wpcli

Developer Experience

• ./themes/ and ./plugins/ on your host map directly into WordPress — no container rebuilds needed
• Mailpit catches all PHP wp_mail() calls — preview in the browser at port 8025
• WP-CLI pre-authenticated to the local DB — run docker compose run --rm wpcli wp plugin install woocommerce without entering credentials
• WordPress debug mode enabled by default with WP_DEBUG_LOG to wp-content/debug.log

What You Get

• docker-compose.yml — all five services
• wp-config-extra.php — debug settings and SMTP override to route mail through Mailpit
• themes/ and plugins/ — mount points, add your own code here
• .env.example, .gitignore, README.md

Service URLs

• WordPress: http://localhost:8000
• phpMyAdmin: http://localhost:8001
• Mailpit: http://localhost:8025
• MySQL: localhost:3306