php-wordpressHow to configure Nginx for WordPress?

1. Install Nginx and PHP on your server.

2. Create a new Nginx configuration file for your WordPress site.

   server {
   listen 80;
   server_name example.com;
   root /var/www/example.com;
   index index.php;
   
   location / {
       try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
   }
   
   location ~ \.php$ {
       include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
       fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
   }
   }

3. Enable the new configuration file and restart Nginx.

   sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
   sudo systemctl restart nginx

4. Install WordPress on your server.
5. Configure WordPress to use the Nginx configuration.

Helpful links

• How To Install Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04
• How To Install WordPress with Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04

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