WordPress write-access when using Docker for Windows

Question

I’m trying to setup a local Wordpress dev environment on Docker for Windows and WSL. I'm using docker-compose to do this.

WordPress is running, but I’m unable to update or add plugins.

WordPress service section of the docker-compose.yml is below:

volumes:
  - ./wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content

Can someone help me with this?

Answer 1

Try these steps:

1. Start the container as administrator using user: root inside the compose file
2. You can also create your own Docker image that extends wordpress using FROM wordpress and RUN chmod -R 766 /var/www/html/wp-content