feat: promote recommended PHP and database versions in init and docs

- Updated lando init to set PHP 8.3 and MySQL 8.0 in generated Landofile
- Added wordpress-recommended example with explicit version configuration
- Updated docs to recommend always setting explicit php and database versions
- Bumped @lando/php to ^1.11.1

Author: AaronFeledy

.github/workflows/pr-wordpress-tests.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           - examples/wordpress-mariadb-mysql
           - examples/wordpress-mysql8
           - examples/wordpress-nginx
+          - examples/wordpress-recommended
         lando-version:
           - 3-edge
           - 3-stable

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## {{ UNRELEASED_VERSION }} - [{{ UNRELEASED_DATE }}]({{ UNRELEASED_LINK }})
 
+* Updated `lando init` to set recommended PHP 8.3 and MySQL 8.0 versions in generated Landofile
+* Added `wordpress-recommended` example with explicit version configuration
+* Updated docs to recommend always setting explicit `php` and `database` versions
+* Updated `@lando/php` to `^1.11.1`
+
 ## v1.10.0 - [February 20, 2026](https://github.com/lando/wordpress/releases/tag/v1.10.0)
 
 * Updated to [@lando/php@1.11.0](https://github.com/lando/php/releases/tag/v1.11.0)

docs/config.md

@@ -25,18 +25,32 @@ config:
     vhosts: SEE BELOW
 ```
 
+::: warning Always set explicit versions!
+We **strongly recommend** always setting `php` and `database` versions in your Landofile rather than relying on defaults. Defaults may change between releases and could result in unexpected behavior. For WordPress, the current recommended versions are:
+
+```yaml
+recipe: wordpress
+config:
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
+```
+
+See [WordPress server requirements](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/) for the latest recommendations.
+:::
+
 Note that if the above config options are not enough, all Lando recipes can be further [extended and overriden](https://docs.lando.dev/landofile/recipes.html#extending-and-overriding-recipes).
 
 ## Choosing a php version
 
 You can set `php` to any version that is available in our [php service](https://docs.lando.dev/plugins/php/index.html). However, you should consult the [WordPress requirements](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/) to make sure that version is actually supported by WordPress itself.
 
-The [recipe config](https://docs.lando.dev/landofile/recipes.html#config) to set the WordPress recipe to use `php` version `7.1` is shown below:
+The [recipe config](https://docs.lando.dev/landofile/recipes.html#config) to set the WordPress recipe to use `php` version `8.3` is shown below:
 
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
-  php: '7.1'
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
 ```
 ## Choosing a composer version
 
@@ -45,6 +59,8 @@ You can set `composer_version` to any version that is available in our [php serv
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
   composer_version: '1.10.1'
 ```
 
@@ -57,6 +73,8 @@ By default, this recipe will be served by the default version of our [apache](ht
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
   via: apache
 ```
 
@@ -65,6 +83,8 @@ config:
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
   via: nginx
 ```
 
@@ -81,30 +101,25 @@ Also note that like the configuration of the `php` version you should consult th
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
-  database: mysql
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
 ```
 
 #### Using MariaDB
 
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
-  database: mariadb
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mariadb:10.6
 ```
 
 #### Using Postgres
 
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
-  database: postgres
-```
-
-#### Using a custom version
-
-```yaml
-recipe: wordpress
-config:
+  php: '8.3'
   database: postgres:14
 ```
 
@@ -215,6 +230,8 @@ Note that you can put your configuration files anywhere inside your application
 ```yaml
 recipe: wordpress
 config:
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
   config:
     database: config/my-custom.cnf
     php: config/php.ini

examples/wordpress-init/README.md

@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ Run the following commands to validate things are rolling as they should.
 cd wordpress
 lando exec appserver -- curl -L localhost | grep "WordPress"
 
-# Should use 7.4 as the default php version
+# Should use 8.3 as the default php version
 cd wordpress
-lando php -v | grep "PHP 7.4"
+lando php -v | grep "PHP 8.3"
 
 # Should be running apache 2.4 by default
 cd wordpress
 lando exec appserver -- apachectl -V | grep 2.4
 lando exec appserver -- curl -IL localhost | grep Server | grep 2.4
 
-# Should be running mysql 5.7 by default
+# Should be running mysql 8.0 by default
 cd wordpress
-lando mysql -V | grep 5.7
+lando mysql -V | grep 8.0
 
 # Should not enable xdebug by default
 cd wordpress

examples/wordpress-mysql8/README.md

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Run the following commands to validate things are rolling as they should.
 cd mysql8
 lando exec appserver -- curl -L localhost | grep "WordPress"
 
-# Should use 7.4 as the default php version
+# Should use 8.3 as the default php version
 cd mysql8
-lando php -v | grep "PHP 7.4"
+lando php -v | grep "PHP 8.3"
 
 # Should be running apache 2.4 by default
 cd mysql8

examples/wordpress-recommended/.lando.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: wordpress-recommended
+recipe: wordpress
+config:
+  php: '8.3'
+  database: mysql:8.0
+
+# do not remove this
+plugins:
+  "@lando/wordpress": ../..

examples/wordpress-recommended/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# WordPress Recommended Example
+
+This example exists primarily to test the following documentation:
+
+* [WordPress Recipe - Configuration](https://docs.lando.dev/wordpress/config.html)
+
+This example uses the WordPress.org recommended versions of PHP and MySQL.
+
+## Start up tests
+
+Run the following commands to get up and running with this example.
+
+```bash
+# Should start up successfully
+lando poweroff
+lando start
+```
+
+## Verification commands
+
+Run the following commands to validate things are rolling as they should.
+
+```bash
+# Should use php 8.3
+lando php -v | grep "PHP 8.3"
+
+# Should be running mysql 8.0
+lando mysql -V | grep 8.0
+
+# Should be running apache by default
+lando exec appserver -- apachectl -V | grep 2.4
+lando exec appserver -- curl -IL localhost | grep Server | grep 2.4
+
+# Should be able to connect to the database with the default creds
+lando mysql -uwordpress -pwordpress wordpress -e quit
+
+# Should have the 2.x wp-cli
+lando wp cli version | grep "WP-CLI 2."
+```
+
+## Destroy tests
+
+Run the following commands to trash this app like nothing ever happened.
+
+```bash
+# Should be destroyed with success
+lando destroy -y
+lando poweroff
+```

inits/wordpress.js

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
 /*
- * Init Lamp
+ * Init WordPress
  */
 module.exports = {
   name: 'wordpress',
+  defaults: {
+    'php': '8.3',
+    'database': 'mysql:8.0',
+  },
 };

package-lock.json

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "@lando/mssql": "^1.4.3",
     "@lando/mysql": "^1.6.0",
     "@lando/nginx": "^1.5.0",
-    "@lando/php": "^1.11.0",
+    "@lando/php": "^1.11.1",
     "@lando/postgres": "^1.5.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21"
   },