Docker WordPress with ionCube & SourceGuardian Loaders

A ready-to-use Docker environment for running WordPress (PHP 8.1) with ionCube and SourceGuardian loaders pre-installed, plus a wide range of helpful PHP extensions and CLI tools.

Built and maintained by BaseMax © 2025, MIT Licensed

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🧩 Features

• PHP Composer
• WordPress with PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 (custom Dockerfile)
• ionCube Loader and SourceGuardian auto-installed
• Common PHP extensions: mysqli, pdo_mysql, intl, mbstring, gd, bcmath, soap, etc.
• Popular PECL extensions: redis
• Useful CLI tools: wp-cli, htop, nano, curl, git, ping, and more
• Fully dockerized using docker-compose
• Includes MariaDB 11 with persistent volumes

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/BaseMax/docker-wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian.git
cd docker-wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian

2. Setup environment

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your desired credentials:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file and set your variables:

SERVICE_USER_WORDPRESS=wordpress
SERVICE_PASSWORD_WORDPRESS=your_password
SERVICE_PASSWORD_ROOT=your_root_password

3. Build and start the services

docker compose up

Or run in the background:

docker compose up -d

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📁 Project Structure

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├── Dockerfile            # Custom Dockerfile based on wordpress:php8.1
├── docker-compose.yml    # Docker Compose setup for WordPress and MariaDB
├── .env.example          # Sample environment file
├── LICENSE               # MIT License
└── README.md             # You are here

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🧱 Dockerfile Overview

Your WordPress container is enhanced with:

• Development & debug tools (nano, htop, screenfetch, git, etc.)
• PHP extensions via docker-php-ext-install and PECL
• Auto-download and setup of wp-cli
• Auto-installation of ionCube and SourceGuardian from: BaseMax/php-installer-ioncube-sourceguardian

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🐬 MariaDB Configuration

MariaDB runs with the following environment variables from .env:

MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
MYSQL_DATABASE
MYSQL_USER
MYSQL_PASSWORD

Data is persisted to xg4c44cgg8ok0cc4c0k8c448_mariadb-data volume.

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🧪 Health Checks

Both services include built-in healthchecks for stability:

• WordPress: via curl http://127.0.0.1
• MariaDB: via healthcheck.sh --connect --innodb_initialized

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Build Docker

docker login
docker build --build-arg WORDPRESS_PHP_IMAGE=php7.4 -t basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:7.4 .
docker build --build-arg WORDPRESS_PHP_IMAGE=php8.1 -t basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.1 .
docker build --build-arg WORDPRESS_PHP_IMAGE=php8.2 -t basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.2 .
docker build --build-arg WORDPRESS_PHP_IMAGE=php8.3 -t basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.3 .
docker build --build-arg WORDPRESS_PHP_IMAGE=php8.4 -t basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.4 .
docker push basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:7.4
docker push basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.1
docker push basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.2
docker push basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.3
docker push basemax/wordpress-ioncube-sourceguardian:8.4

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

© 2025 Max Base