How to configure wordpress application with simple php application using Nginx?

Question

I want to configure a Wordpress application with a simple php application. The directory structure of the application is as follow :

Root directory : /var/www/demoApp/

Wordpress directory : /var/www/demoApp/wordpress/

Here i want to access the wordpress application using route http://BASE_URL/wordpress. But i am not able to configure the web server. All the php pages under /var/www/demoApp/ directory are working fine using url http://BASE_URL/. While wordpress files are not being loaded correctly.

Here is my Nginx configuration block :

server 
{
    listen 80;
    root /var/www/demoApp;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    server_name localhost;

    error_page 500 404 /404.php;

    location / 
    {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location /wordpress 
    {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
        rewrite ^(.*)$ /wordpress/index.php?$1 last;
        location ~ \.php 
        {
            fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        }
    }

    location ~ \.php$ 
    {
        try_files $uri /index.php =404;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

What could be wrong with the configuration?

Richard Smith · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-11 14:28:19Z

1

You are using a common root for both applications, therefore the nested location ~ \.php block is unnecessary (and in your configuration is never taken). See this document for more.

The try_files and rewrite are conflicting, and a single try_files statement is adequate. See this document for details.

You should try something like this:

server {
    listen 80;
    root /var/www/demoApp;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    server_name localhost;

    error_page 500 404 /404.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location /wordpress {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /wordpress/index.php;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;

        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }
}

answered Mar 11, 2017 at 14:28

Richard Smith

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5 Comments

Nitesh Over a year ago

I tried the above configurations. In this case only home page of the wordpress app works fine. Other pages of the wordpress app serve the index file of simple php app. For example BASE_URL/wordpress works fine. while, BASE_URL/wordpress/blog gives the same output as BASE_URL

Richard Smith Over a year ago

Is WordPress configured to use the /wordpress prefix in SITEURL and HOME variables? I cannot see how /wordpress/blog could access /index.php

Nitesh Over a year ago

Yes, I configured WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL in configuration file. define('WP_HOME','localhost/wordpress'); define('WP_SITEURL','localhost/wordpress');

Richard Smith Over a year ago

localhost is not correct - unless you only want to access the site locally. These variables need to specify BASE_URL or just /wordpress (to make it a relative URL)

Nitesh Over a year ago

Yes, I am installing the app in local machine.

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