Configuration of a wordpress site served from a URL's directory (not the root) on NGINX

nginx_server_conf_served_from_url_subdirectory.conf

server {
  server_name www.gubatron.com;
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;
  root /media/ebs/data/websites/gubatron.com/;
  index index.php index.html index.htm;

  # wordpress lives at gubatron.com/blog/...
  rewrite ^/blog/wp-admin/(.*) /blog/wp-admin/$1;
  #search redirect                                                                                                       
  rewrite ^/blog/(.*)s=(.*)$ /blog/index.php?s=$2;
  try_files $uri $uri/ /blog/index.php$is_args$args;

  location ~ \.php {
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
  location ~ \.git {
    deny all;
  }
}