CadoWP

Deploy a WordPress Site by CadoWP

  1. Install CadoWP core.

    Copy and paste the following command into the terminal:

    curl -fsSL https://cadowp.com/cado-install.sh -o cado-install.sh && chmod +x cado-install.sh && sudo ./cado-install.sh

  2. Open the menu.

    Type m or cado m in the terminal to open the CadoWP menu.

  3. Add a site.

    Go to menu Sites → Add site → enter primary domain and admin e‑mail → choose PHP version.

    • Containers start automatically (first start may pull images).
    • Database and user are created with safe defaults.
    • Cache defaults OFF for development; you can enable later.

  4. Install WordPress.

    Go to menu Sites → Install WordPress

    CadoWP will install new WordPress core and set admin credentials.

    Note: If re‑installing, choose “force” to reset tables and files.

  5. Point DNS.

    Set A/AAAA records for apex and www to your VPS IP. Open ports 80/443.

  6. Enable SSL.

    Go to menu Sites → SSL Modes → Let’s Encrypt (ACME). Then cado caddy reload and visit https://yourdomain.

    Cloudflare users: use Full (Origin Cert) if proxy is ON.

  7. Enable cache (optional).

    Go to menu Sites → Enable Page Cache. Purge via Sites → Purge Cache (full/URL).

    Plugin static HTML (e.g., Cache Enabler’s https-index.html) is served with precompressed gzip automatically.

  8. Optimize database (optional).

    Go to menu Sites → Tables Optimize to add indexes for core/Woo tables.

    Go to menu System → Database Config Optimize to apply safe server tuning.

  9. Back up and restore.

    Go to menu Database → Backup DB creates a non‑blocking dump (gzip). Go to menu Database → Restore DB sanitizes DEFINER/GTID/SQL_LOG_BIN.

SSL Modes

  • Let’s Encrypt (ACME): direct DNS to VPS; Cloudflare proxy OFF for HTTP‑01.
  • Cloudflare Full (Origin Cert): paste origin cert/key; safe behind orange cloud.
  • Flexible (HTTP origin): not recommended; CadoWP adjusts admin redirects.

Cache Controls

  • Page cache: Sites → Enable/Disable Page Cache. Defaults OFF for new sites.
  • Purge: Sites → Purge Cache (full site/URL).
  • Plugin HTML: CadoWP serves https-index.html with precompressed gzip automatically.
  • Headers: responses include X-Cache-Status and X-Cache-Handler: CadoWP Cache.
  • Redis: Sites → Enable/Disable Redis. Safe WP_REDIS_* constants are applied.

Database

  • Backups: Database → Backup DB (non‑blocking dump to gzip).
  • Restore: Database → Restore DB (sanitizes DEFINER/GTID/SQL_LOG_BIN).
  • Optimize: Sites → Tables Optimize (adds indexes via WP‑CLI inside php container).
  • Tuning: System → Database Config Optimize (renders/update 50-server.cnf, restarts DB).