WordPress

Deploy WordPress on Kubernetes using the official wordpress Docker image (Apache variant). Supports MySQL subchart or external database, scheduled backups, and monitoring.

Key Features

Official WordPress Image — Apache variant with PHP
MySQL Subchart — Bundled MySQL via HelmForge dependency
External Database — Connect to existing MySQL/MariaDB
Scheduled Backups — mysqldump + wp-content archive to S3
Ingress Support — TLS with cert-manager
PHP Configuration — Custom php.ini via ConfigMap
Prometheus Metrics — Apache exporter sidecar

Installation

HTTPS repository:

helm repo add helmforge https://repo.helmforge.dev
helm repo update
helm install wordpress helmforge/wordpress

OCI registry:

helm install wordpress oci://ghcr.io/helmforgedev/helm/wordpress

Basic Example

# values.yaml
wordpress:
  siteTitle: 'My Blog'
  adminUser: admin
  adminPassword: 'change-me'

mysql:
  enabled: true
  auth:
    password: 'db-password'

persistence:
  enabled: true
  size: 5Gi

ingress:
  enabled: true
  ingressClassName: traefik
  hosts:
    - host: blog.example.com
      paths:
        - path: /
          pathType: Prefix
  tls:
    - secretName: wordpress-tls
      hosts:
        - blog.example.com

External Database Example

mysql:
  enabled: false

database:
  external:
    host: db.example.com
    name: wordpress
    username: wordpress
    existingSecret: wordpress-db

Key Values

Key	Default	Description
`wordpress.adminUser`	`admin`	Admin username
`wordpress.adminPassword`	`""`	Admin password (auto-generated)
`wordpress.debug`	`false`	Enable WP_DEBUG
`database.mode`	`auto`	Database mode (auto, external, mysql)
`mysql.enabled`	`true`	Deploy MySQL subchart
`mysql.auth.database`	`wordpress`	Database name
`php.ini`	`""`	Custom PHP settings
`ingress.enabled`	`false`	Enable ingress
`metrics.enabled`	`false`	Enable Prometheus metrics
`backup.enabled`	`false`	Enable S3 backups
`persistence.enabled`	`true`	Enable persistent storage
`persistence.size`	`5Gi`	PVC size

More Information

See the source code and full values reference on GitHub.