How to install wordpress with apache, mod_proxy_fcgi and php-fpm on Ubuntu 16.04

Hi everyone,

In one of the previous posts we've discussed how to setup basic website to work with apache and php-fpm. And today I'd like to continue that topic and install wordpress to work with apache and php-fpm. Once you've got that basic website to work with php-fpm, there are not many differences from 'non-php-fpm' wordpress setup. Anyway, I am still going to describe it here in details.

How to setup apache event mpm, php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi

In this article I will show you how to install Apache event mpm, php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi.

Also this article supposes that you have Ubuntu 16.04 and apache 2.4.18. Of course you can also do similar steps on other versions of Ubuntu, but keep in mind that you need to have Apache version of at least 2.4.10. For example, Ubuntu 14.04 has Apache 2.4.7 and some features that I use in this article do not work there (SetHandler with proxy:fcgi).