1. Requirements

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or 24.04 LTS
• Docker Engine and Docker Compose plugin
• A domain name pointing to your server
• Ports 80 and 443 open

Full details: Requirements

2. Install wpfy

On a fresh Ubuntu VPS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wpfyorg/wpfy/main/install.sh | sudo bash

The installer sets up Docker, the wpfy CLI, and the shared runtime. Verify:

wpfy --help

Guide: Installation

3. Create your first WordPress site

wpfy site create example.com --wp

This provisions an isolated Docker Compose stack — Nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB, volumes, a private network — and installs WordPress. Add -le to issue a Let's Encrypt certificate after a DNS/IP preflight check:

wpfy site create example.com --wp -le

Guide: Quick Start

4. Check it's healthy

wpfy site status example.com

5. Next steps

• Site Commands — create, update, delete, backup, restore
• SSL — enable SSL on an existing site
• SFTP — per-site SFTP access
• Diagnostics — wpfy debug audits everything

Stuck?

1. Run wpfy debug and read the output.
2. Search this category — someone may have hit the same thing.
3. Post a new topic in Getting Started using the support question template.