How to Install WordPress with Lighttpd on Ubuntu 24.04

Setting up WordPress with Lighttpd on Ubuntu 24.04 allows you to create a lightweight, efficient, and secure website hosting environment. Lighttpd is known for its speed and low resource consumption, making it an excellent choice for small to medium websites or development environments. This guide walks you through the process step-by-step, ensuring you can deploy WordPress quickly and reliably on your Ubuntu 24.04 server. Before starting, ensure you have a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server with root or sudo privileges, a domain name pointed to your server IP, and basic familiarity with Linux command line operations.

What You’ll Need

Ubuntu 24.04 server with root or sudo access
Domain name pointed to your server’s IP address
Basic knowledge of Linux command line
Optional: SSL certificate for HTTPS (recommended but not covered here)

Step-by-Step

Update your system packages
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
```
Ensure your system is up-to-date to avoid compatibility issues.
Install necessary dependencies
```
sudo apt install -y lighttpd php php-cgi php-mysql mysql-server unzip wget
```
This installs the web server, PHP, MySQL, and other tools needed for WordPress.

Configure MySQL for WordPress

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Follow prompts to set a root password and secure your database server.
Then, log in to MySQL:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a database and user for WordPress:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_secure_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Download and set up WordPress

wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xzf latest.tar.gz
sudo mv wordpress /var/www/html/wordpress

Adjust permissions:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress

Configure PHP for Lighttpd

sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Ensure these modules are enabled:

server.modules += ("mod_fastcgi", "mod_access", "mod_alias", "mod_rewrite")

Configure FastCGI:

sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/15-fastcgi.conf

Uncomment or add the following:

fastcgi.server += (".php" => ("localhost" => ("socket" => "/var/run/lighttpd/php.socket")))

Enable the configuration:

sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi fastcgi-php
sudo systemctl restart lighttpd

Configure Lighttpd for WordPress

sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/10-wordpress.conf

Add rewrite rules for permalinks:

$HTTP[
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How to Install WordPress with Lighttpd on Ubuntu 24.04