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Fix post-install commands execution as www-data in WordPress entrypoint #26

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Fix plugin post-install commands to run as www-data
vitormattos May 14, 2026
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docs: remove --allow-root from post-install examples
vitormattos May 14, 2026
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5 changes: 1 addition & 4 deletions .docker/wordpress/entrypoint.sh
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Expand Up @@ -195,10 +195,7 @@ run_custom_plugin_post_install_commands() {
continue
fi

(
cd /var/www/html
bash -lc "export PLUGIN_DIR='$plugin_dir'; $command"
)
runuser -u www-data -- bash -lc "cd /var/www/html && export PLUGIN_DIR='$plugin_dir'; $command"
done < <(printf '%s' "$entry" | base64 -d | yq -r '.post_install_commands[]?')
}

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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ services:
# Plugins cloned from a Git repository.
# Optional: post_install_commands — list of shell commands run after cloning
# (and on every container start if the plugin directory already exists).
# Commands run from the WordPress root (/var/www/html) with --allow-root.
# Commands run as www-data from the WordPress root (/var/www/html).
# The env var PLUGIN_DIR is set to the absolute plugin directory path.
wordpress_custom_plugins:
- slug: my-plugin
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source: https://github.com/org/my-plugin-with-fixup.git
post_install_commands:
- ln -sfn real-dir "$$PLUGIN_DIR/expected-dir"
- wp --allow-root option update my_plugin_option value
- wp option update my_plugin_option value

# Themes cloned from a Git repository.
wordpress_custom_themes:
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- slug: wp-simple-smtp
source: https://github.com/LibreCodeCoop/wp-simple-smtp.git
post_install_commands:
- wp --allow-root option update smtp_host mailpit
- wp --allow-root option update smtp_port 1025
- wp --allow-root option update smtp_auth 0
- wp --allow-root option update smtp_secure ''
- wp option update smtp_host mailpit
- wp option update smtp_port 1025
- wp option update smtp_auth 0
- wp option update smtp_secure ''
```

mailpit's SMTP port inside the Docker network is **1025**; the web UI is exposed on host port **8025**.
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