WordPress Hosting

Deploy fully managed WordPress instances with MariaDB, SFTP access, and automatic SSL.

Creating a WordPress Site

1. Go to your project → Add Service → WordPress
2. Enter:
   • Site Name — display name
   • Site Title — WordPress site title
   • Deployment URL — your subdomain (e.g., myblog.zevcloud.app)
   • Admin Email — WordPress admin login email
3. Select a plan
4. Click Create

ZevCloud will:

• Provision a WordPress container with PHP 8.x
• Provision a MariaDB 11 database
• Set up an SFTP server for file access
• Auto-install WordPress with your admin credentials
• Configure SSL via Let's Encrypt
• Email you the login details

What's Included

Component	Details
WordPress	Latest version, PHP 8.x
Database	MariaDB 11, auto-configured
SFTP	Dedicated SFTP access for file management
SSL	Automatic via Let's Encrypt
Storage	Persistent volumes for files and database

Managing Your WordPress

Dashboard Overview

The WordPress service detail page shows:

• Site URL and WP Admin links
• Admin credentials (username, password — revealable)
• SFTP credentials (host, port, username, password)
• Database credentials (host, database, username, password)
• Container status (WordPress, MariaDB, SFTP)

Auto-Login to wp-admin

Click "WP Admin" in the dashboard header to automatically log into your WordPress admin panel — no password needed. A one-time token is generated and you're redirected.

File Management

Via Dashboard: Navigate to the Files tab to browse your WordPress files. You can view the directory structure and navigate through wp-content, themes, plugins, etc.

Via SFTP: Connect using any SFTP client (FileZilla, Cyberduck, WinSCP):

Host: your-slug.zevcloud.app (or deployment domain)
Port: 2222 (unique per site)
Username: sftp_yourslug
Password: (shown in dashboard)
Protocol: SFTP

Files are served from /var/www/html.

Database Access

Database credentials are shown in the Database tab. The database is accessible:

• Internally — from other services on ZevCloud using the container hostname
• Via Terminal — use the Terminal tab to run mysql -u user -p dbname

Logs

View WordPress access and error logs in the Logs tab. Logs are pulled directly from the container.

Terminal

Run commands inside your WordPress container from the Terminal tab. Useful for:

• WP-CLI commands: wp plugin list, wp theme activate
• Debugging: cat wp-config.php
• File operations: ls wp-content/plugins

Custom Domains

1. Go to the Domains tab
2. Click "Add Domain"
3. Enter your domain (e.g., myblog.com)
4. Add the DNS records shown (CNAME or A record)
5. Click Verify

Once verified, your WordPress siteurl and home are automatically updated to the custom domain.

WARNING

When you add a custom domain to WordPress, the WordPress database is updated with the new URL. The original deployment URL still works as a fallback.

Backups

Database backups can be performed via the Terminal:

# Export database
wp db export /tmp/backup.sql --allow-root

# Or using mysqldump
mysqldump -u user -p wordpress > /tmp/backup.sql

Download via SFTP or the Files tab.

Updating WordPress

WordPress core updates can be done via:

• wp-admin → Dashboard → Updates
• Terminal: wp core update --allow-root
• SFTP: Upload updated files

Plugin and theme updates work the same way through wp-admin.