Nginx vHost configuration sample for WordPress project

wordpress.test

server {

	# Point your wordpress project directory. in our case it is (/var/www/wordpress.test)
	root /var/www/wordpress.test;
	index index.php;

	# Give virtual host domain name
	server_name wordpress.test www.wordpress.test;
	
    location = /favicon.ico {
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }

    location = /robots.txt {
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
        allow all;
    }

    location ~* \.(css|gif|ico|jpeg|jpg|js|png)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }

	location / {
		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
	}

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php =404;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock; # Make sure to point correct path
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        client_max_body_size 128m;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 3000;
    }
}