An automated workflow to provision, secure, and bootstrap WordPress on a fresh VPS using Dokploy and Docker Compose.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install wordpress-vps-install
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install wordpress-vps-install using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is WordPress VPS Install?
The WordPress VPS Install workflow is a robust automation process designed to bootstrap a fresh Virtual Private Server (VPS) with WordPress, fully configured and verified. Leveraging Openclaw Skills, this workflow guides you through Docker-based architecture setups, secure volume mapping, and target site validation. It ensures your database, routing proxy, and app containers align perfectly under Dokploy-only operations to avoid manual maintenance issues.
By incorporating this workspace strategy into your pipeline, developers can quickly spin up staging or production instances, run end-to-end container health checks, and initialize core installations programmatically. Rather than risking misconfigured paths or ephemeral CLI layers, Openclaw Skills provide a dependable framework for professional, production-ready VPS deployments.
WordPress VPS Install Use Cases
- Setting up a brand-new VPS with a clean WordPress installation and a Docker-managed stack.
- Automating the bootstrap process for Dokploy-managed application environments.
- Ensuring persistent, durable WP-CLI availability across container redeployments.
- Resolving database configuration mismatch errors during site-to-database handshakes.
- Verifying site health and public SSL/TLS reachability after server migrations.
How WordPress VPS Install Works
- Target Confirmation & Inspection: Gathers details (domain, admin credentials) and inspects the live environment's network, volumes, and Docker containers.
- Safety Protocol & Backup: Executes a mandatory backup of Docker Compose files and active environment variables before making changes.
- Database Environment Alignment: Validates active environmental credentials to prevent database connection failures.
- Core Installation via WP-CLI: Boots an automated WP-CLI instance aligned with the main volume to configure core components, themes, and plugins.
- Durable CLI Configuration: Sets up a persistent
wpcliutility container for ongoing server-side commands. - Public Domain Verification: Sends test requests to ensure the final application returns a successful 200 HTTP status code.
WordPress VPS Install Setup
To use this tool within the Openclaw Skills framework, prepare your git repository and run the safe bootstrap procedure.
Ensure dev-meta directories are ignored before deploying:
# add ignore rules
printf "\n.claude/\n.cursor/\n.trellis/\ndocs/\n" >> .gitignore
# stop tracking already-committed folders without deleting local files
git rm -r --cached .claude .cursor .trellis docs
Apply the safety check on the VPS host using Dokploy:
# 0.1 identify the exact Dokploy project and compose path
docker inspect <wordpress-container> --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project" }} {{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.config_files" }}'
# 0.2 mandatory backup (compose + env) with timestamp
TS="$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
cp /etc/dokploy/compose/<project>/code/docker-compose.yml /etc/dokploy/compose/<project>/code/docker-compose.yml.bak.$TS
cp /etc/dokploy/compose/<project>/code/.env /etc/dokploy/compose/<project>/code/.env.bak.$TS
WordPress VPS Install Data Schema & Taxonomy
The deployment configuration tracks persistent directory volumes and Docker routing labels. Ensure variables are properly structured.
| Configuration Variable | Purpose |
|---|---|
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST |
Host address of the running MySQL container |
WORDPRESS_URL |
Public secure HTTPS URL of the WordPress instance |
wordpress_data |
Persistent named Docker volume mounted at /var/www/html |
wpcli Service |
Durable companion container for persistent command execution |
By storing state configuration dynamically in Dokploy environment records, Openclaw Skills maintain strict operational alignment across redeployments.
WordPress VPS Install Advanced Features
- Durable WP-CLI Service Layer: Uses a dedicated, sleeping CLI container instead of ephemeral interactive SSH terminals to prevent data loss.
- Dokploy-Only Operational Hard Rules: Forces configuration through the Dokploy API/CLI, avoiding untracked stacks and drift.
- Automatic Configuration Restores: Provides quick-rollback shell sequences if docker-compose validation fails during deployments.
- Repo Hygiene Sync Filtering: Automatically excludes development artifacts (
.claude/,.cursor/,.trellis/) from reaching VPS sync routines.
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