# WordPress (/templates/wordpress)



[WordPress](https://wordpress.org) is the most used publishing platform and CMS on the web.

Deploy it from the [template list](/templates#deploy-a-template). It takes a minute or two.

## What gets deployed [#what-gets-deployed]

<TemplateServices name="WordPress" />

WordPress keeps its files, uploads, themes and plugins on a volume mounted at `/var/www/html`. Posts, pages and settings live in the MySQL service.

## What you fill in [#what-you-fill-in]

<TemplateInputs name="WordPress" />

## After it deploys [#after-it-deploys]

Open your domain. WordPress asks for a site title and the admin account.

## Good to know [#good-to-know]

* **Updates**: WordPress lives on the volume and updates itself, its themes and its plugins from the admin, the same as the official Docker image. Changing the image tag on the service does not update an existing site.
* **Deployed before the volume was added?** Older versions of the template did not create one, so uploads, themes and plugins were lost on redeploy. [Create a volume](/services/volumes) and mount it on the WordPress service at `/var/www/html`.