WordPress
WordPress hosted on Azure App Service is a fully managed Azure PaaS offering with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching and scaling.
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You can find a compilation of resources by categories:
Configuration and Best Practices
Security
- WordPress Best Practices for Security
- Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
- How to enable IP access restrictions on wp-admin for the WordPress on App Service offering
- Restrict access to login for the WordPress running on Azure web app container
Linux Configuration
- Wordpress on Linux - Configuring NGINX
- Changing php-fpm ‘pm’ settings in App Service Wordpress on Linux
- Installing intl with Wordpress on App Service Linux
- How to change memory_limit on Wordpress Web App for Linux on Azure
- How to set the redirect rules in Nginx based Wordpress Image
- HTTP to HTTPS redirect for WordPress on Azure Web App on Linux
Database Configuration
Subdirectory/Custom Paths
- Installing WordPress within Subdirectory
- Run WordPress in subfolder or Virtual Directory on Azure App Service
- RewriteRule sample for WordPress in subdirectory
Domain and URL Configuration
- WordPress: Redirecting to wrong URL!!
- Giving your existing WordPress MultiSite a new domain name on Microsoft Azure
Email Configuration
Performance Optimization
- WordPress Best Practices for Performance
- How to improve performance of WP Admin
- Use Azure CDN for WordPress site on Azure App
- Connect to Microsoft Azure Redis Cache from WordPress site
- WordPress Scheduled Jobs (wp-cron.php) and Slowness
Migration and Deployment
- WordPress Migration Plan to Azure App Services
- WordPress Migration: Easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3
- LAMP Migration to Web Apps (previously known as Websites)
- Migrate WordPress content to Azure blob storage
Azure VM Deployments
Debugging and Troubleshooting
Error Logging and Debugging
Common Issues
- WordPress Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
- WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
- WordPress MultiSite 404 on Admin Dashboard