Security News > 2023 > March > Running WordPress on Azure for secure, fast and global content delivery

Bringing your own WordPress installation to Azure still requires managing and patching the underlying OS and the CMS application, as you're treating Azure as just another host for virtual machines.

WordPress is, at heart, a Hypertext Preprocessor application, and you should remember that the only supported PHP on Azure is the one running on Azure App Service for Linux.

If you're running your own or a third-party WordPress on Azure, you should ensure that it's either running on Azure App Service or that your WordPress vendor is providing PHP support for you.

Microsoft built its WordPress solution to take advantage of Azure best practices.

As well as running in the Azure public cloud, there's support for its U.S. government cloud, allowing public bodies to use Azure to host their web content.

Containerized WordPress can be managed with Azure Arc and will run on local AKS via Azure Stack HCI and other edge technologies.

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