Configure Nginx for WordPress on Ubuntu
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/wordpress
Navigate to /etc/nginx/sites-available. There, create a file with the name example.com. The name should be the same as your domain.
# Redirect HTTP -> HTTPS
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.example.com example.com;
return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}
# Redirect WWW -> NON-WWW
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name www.example.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/chain.pem;
return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name example.com;
root /var/www/html/wordpress;
index index.php;
# SSL parameters
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/chain.pem;
ssl_session_timeout 1d;
ssl_session_cache shared:MozSSL:10m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
resolver 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 valid=300s;
resolver_timeout 30s;
# log files
access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.error.log;
location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location = /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
}
then create a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/sample.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/sample.com
sudo nginx -t nginx -s reload
References
https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu/
https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/recipes/wordpress/
https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/nginx/