I originally posted this on the wordpress.org forums without realizing that this official image is created by Docker and not by Wordpress. If there is a better place to post this to get support for a specific image please let me know. My setup (so far) uses docker swarm to run the wordpress:5.4.0-a…

I’m posting this here in case anyone else stumbles upon this post while experiencing this issue. To fix, I needed three critical pieces: Add the follwing to your docker compose file extra_hosts: - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway" Add/edit your apache ports at /etc/apache2/ports.conf L…

Hello. Could you please explain the whys of the things you are advicing to do?

For sure you have already figured out why this works, but for someone else who might have the same question: It instructs the Apache web server, which is running inside of the Docker container (based on an Apache_WP image) and listening to port 80 (default) to start listening to a second port 8080.…

Realized that the extra_hosts: directive is required after all, as it adds the entry to the /etc/hosts file in the container. It woked for me without it because I had, during the struggle, manually added a line with my dev domain name local.testsite.my-domain.com:127.0.0.1 into the /etc/hosts. This …

@kerrykimrusso @dominikvpb @kliiva @emmaguyot @shawnlong636 Hi guys! I’m new to Docker and recently switched to it for local web development on Windows 11. I’ve encountered the same errors you described in this topic. I also created another thread on this forum seeking help to resolve it. I tried …

Please don’t spam the forum with your issue, please don’t hijack other posts and please don’t harass people by directly adding them. This is a Docker user-to-user forum, we are trying to be helpful. This config has probably not the desired result: extra_hosts: - "host.docker.internal:127.0…

@bluepuma77 Hi! Thanks a lot for your reply! I’ve already tried setting host.docker.internal:host-gateway as the external host, but it didn’t help. I’ll try it again… Here is my .yml file: services: db: image: mysql environment: MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress_db MYSQL_USER: db_us…

There is an error in your Apache config you need to fix: [image] sorryforbeingnewbe: AH00526: Syntax error on line 6 of /etc/apache2/ports.conf: Listen requires 1 or 2 arguments. If you have not modified the file yourself, maybe try to update to latest 6.9.1-php8.5-apache.

@bluepuma77 is it possible to do without breaking and delegating the WP files? Could you please tell me what commands should I use? I’m currently using: docker compose up -d !SOLUTION FOR MY SITUATION IS STILL NOT FOUND!

WordPress Docker Image breaks REST api because loopback fails

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dominikvpb (dominikvpb) November 21, 2025, 4:57pm 6

Hi there. Just stumbled upon that. Worked perfectly with the official Wordpress docker image. Thanks so much. That saved a lot of time!

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WordPress Docker Image breaks REST api because loopback fails

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