Sample Nginx reverse proxy to Apache set up for Wordpress.

proxy.apache.conf

<VirtualHost *:{PORT}>

  ServerName www.yourdomain.com
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  DocumentRoot /var/www/yourdir/

  <Directory /var/www/yourdir>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride all
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
  </Directory>

  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

proxy.nginx.conf

# Add this file to your /etc/nginx/sites-available directory, renaming it to
# the domain of your website. 
# Change the: server_name, port
# Credit to http://mattkirman.com/2011/06/01/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-with-nginx/.
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name www.yourdomain.com; # change this

  # global gzip on
  gzip on;
  gzip_min_length 10240;
  gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/x-javascript application/xml;
  gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";

  add_header Cache-Control public;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{PORT}; # change this
    proxy_buffering on;
    proxy_buffers 12 12k;
    proxy_redirect off;

    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
  }


}

wp-config.php

<?php
// Add this to the top of your wp-config.php file.

// Handle reverse proxy, passing the IP to the server.
// This is used by some plugins to fetch the user's IP.
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
  $ips = explode(',', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
  $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = $ips[0];
}
?>

When you put a ssl to domain certificate, it stops working.

@hyleck, did you find any solution for this?

use following code on wp-config.php

/**

• Handle SSL reverse proxy
  */
  if ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https')
  $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'])) {
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'];
}

I also want to enable https. I added the SSL reverse proxy code on wp-config.php (see below) but https still does not work. Any idea why? Your help is appreciated. Thanks

//Handle SSL reverse proxy
if ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https')
$_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'])) {
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'];
}

// Handle reverse proxy, passing the IP to the server.
// This is used by some plugins to fetch the user's IP.
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
$ips = explode(',', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = $ips[0];
}

Must add $server_port to Host to avoid 301 loop error:

proxy_set_header Host $host:$server_port;

I also have a problem with the ssl does not work and when I enter the domain looks like this
example.com.co:81
Could someone please help me or explain what I am doing wrong?

  server_name example.com.co; # change this

  gzip on;
  gzip_min_length 10240;
  gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/x-javascript application/xml;
  gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";

  add_header Cache-Control public;

  location / {
    proxy_set_header Host $host:$server_port;
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:81/example; # change this
    proxy_buffering on;
    proxy_buffers 12 12k;
    proxy_redirect off;

    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
  }



    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com.co/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com.co/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot

}
server {
    if ($host = example.com.co) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    } # managed by Certbot


  listen 80;
  server_name example.com.co;
    return 404; # managed by Certbot


}
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I'm just installing the wp-config.php so there is no such file.

greatt

Must add $server_port to Host to avoid 301 loop error:

proxy_set_header Host $host:$server_port;

This was the absolute solution for my nightmare, just this :$server_port.
Thank you very much !

Must add $server_port to Host to avoid 301 loop error:

proxy_set_header Host $host:$server_port;

This was the absolute solution for my nightmare, just this :$server_port. Thank you very much !

Interesting I did this and I get the loop.

:$server_port

Hmmm...I moved this around to just after location. Seems to work now. Strange.

Hi, any suggestion how am I able to do this with in a subpath?
I want to serve it with /blog on nginx but static files like css & js won't load and I get 404 error.

When I configure WordPress permalinks, I get a 500 error: 'Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error.' Can anyone help?