Modern WordPress Dev Environment

Available Automated Options

The only nice solution which I am happy with and I recommend is to install everything on WSL2

Probably will need something like docker-sync

In order of quality…

Devilbox | multi-OS; essentially one big nice Dockerfile;
I like its “docker-compose” approach and syntax; Running on all major platforms (WSL2, macOS & Linux); vhosts, SSL certificates and DNS records are created automatically;
Amazing idea is PHPDocker.io | Docker generator for PHP;
almost the same as doing it manually; just create public/index.php and do a docker-compose up -d. Configure ports as wanted.
Lando | multi-OS
Very solid and mature but I prefer Devilbox’s docs and syntax
WordPress on Lando
Laradock | No straightforward WordPress recipe out of the box
PHP focused development environment based on Docker with extensive list of services. Maybe a little bloated because of this but amazing as a reference for Dockerfiles for the various services you might need.
DDEV | multi-OS
Example Setup Using Bedrock
Docksal; multi-OS Instant boilerplates for WordPress, Hugo, GatsbyJS, etc
DECK (formerly Dockerstacks); free for personal use.
Automatic HTTPS achieved via dedicated domain stacks.run; Under the hood, DECK sits on top Laradock and Docker

WordOps; highly optimized WordPress without Docker
- WordOps on Ubuntu 20.04
- Example on DigitalOcean droplet
SlickStack; similar to WordOps, but inferior; no Docker
DevKinsta; latest Docker technology for WordPress; Modern alternative to Local
Local (aka Local by Flywheel); Docker based
Trellis is amazing but Vagrant based; from well respected agency Roots

Laravel Valet is macOS-only PHP environment that inspired some interesting Windows projects like valeryan/valet-wsl and cretueusebiu/valet-windows
Warden is also macOS-only

date 27. Aug 2019 | modified 17. Jan 2023

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