WordPress

WordPress is the most popular Content Management System, powering 43.2% of all websites on the internet (Source: W3techs). It is a free and Open-Source software written in PHP and paired with a MySQL database. Originally created as a blogging platform, WordPress has evolved to become a platform that supports portfolio websites, forums, online stores and marketplaces, learning management platforms, social networks, podcast websites, job boards, Wikis, and e-auction platforms, among others. Being a no code tool, WordPress is easy to build and customize. Depending on your requirements, there are thousands of plugins and themes to choose from. For advanced users, WordPress code can be modified to build unique and complex scenarios. WordPress has a search engine friendly permalink structure that makes it a great choice for Digital Marketers.

Azure App Service

Azure App Service is a Platform as a Service offering. It is a fully managed environment which allows you to focus on designing, developing, and maintaining your application and data without worrying about the underlying architecture. Learn More

WordPress on Azure App Service

The capabilities of Azure App Service have been leveraged to provide you with a fully managed, performant, secure and scalable hosting solution for WordPress.
Top features:

1. Easy to deploy and manage: The offering makes it delightfully easy to create a new WordPress websites. Provide a few simple details to get your WordPress website up and running. The App Services page provides advanced options to monitor and manage your websites
2. App Dashboard: Your app dashboard records and displays important metrics.
3. App Service Diagnostics: Investigate how your app is performing, diagnose issues, and discover how to improve your application.
4. Performance: The offering comes with out of the box configurations to make sure you have a highly performant hosting.
5. Auto scaling: Auto scaling can be configured to enable your websites to handle sudden surges.
6. Automatic backups: Your website is automatically backed up every hour to ensure that you can restore your website to the most recent backup

Get Started

Go to Quickstart: Create a WordPress site - Azure App Service | Microsoft Docs to get started.

Support

We are committed to support you on your journey of creating and maintaining your WordPress website. Go to New support request - Microsoft Azure and raise a new support request.

Ratings and Reviews

Your ratings and reviews help us to understand your requirements and build the best solutions for you. To review this offering, go to the Reviews tab on this page and provide your inputs. If you have feedback and ideas that could potentially make this offering better for you, please share with us at Web Apps · Community (azure.com). You can also email us at wordpressonazure@microsoft.com to start a conversation.