Installing WordPress 6.9.4 on Nginx

Putting it all together

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name mysite.com;

    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.com/privkey.pem;
    ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.com/chain.pem;

    root /var/www/mysite.com/public_html;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/mysite.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/mysite.error.log;

    client_max_body_size 8M;

    # --- WordPress security blocks ---
    include wp_security.conf;
    include wp_installed.conf;

    # --- Housekeeping ---
    include drop.conf;

    # --- Static caching ---
    include static_caching.conf;

    # --- WordPress front controller ---
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    # --- Rate-limited login ---
    location = /wp-login.php {
        limit_req zone=login burst=2 nodelay;
        try_files $uri =404;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
    }

    # --- PHP processing ---
    include php.conf;
}

WordPress is now running behind Nginx with directory protection, security blocks for the most common attack vectors, aggressive static caching, wp-cron offloaded to the system scheduler, and rate limits on both the login page and all PHP handlers.