diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ To add a new role:
   1. usually meta/main.yml with depend on container
   1. README.md
 1. Add docs to docs/
+
+The following roles have default versions which should probably be overridden:
+- wordpress: `wordpress_tag`
diff --git a/docs/wordpress.md b/docs/wordpress.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Required variables
+These variables are required. Example values included.
+
+```
+ports:
+  wordpress_http: 8080
+
+docker_vhost_domains:
+  wordpress:
+    - wordpress.domain.tld
+
+database_passwords:
+  wordpress: secret
+```
+
+# Optional variables
+These variables have default values listed below
+
+```
+wordpress_tag: php8.1
+```
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/README.md b/roles/wordpress/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Installs wordpress in docker and configures cron
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/defaults/main.yml b/roles/wordpress/defaults/main.yml
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+++ b/roles/wordpress/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+
+wordpress_tag: php8.1
+
+dockerfile: {}
+docker_additional_services: []
+
+docker_host_user: false
+wordpress_symlinks: false
+
+wordpress_docker_volumes:
+  - name: html
+    path: /var/www/html
+
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/tasks/main.yml b/roles/wordpress/tasks/main.yml
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+++ b/roles/wordpress/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+
+- name: Add memcached php extension to container
+  set_fact:
+    dockerfile: "{{ dockerfile | combine({'run': ['apt-get update && apt-get install -y libmemcached-dev zlib1g-dev && pecl install memcached-3.2.0 && docker-php-ext-enable memcached']}, list_merge='append') }}"
+  when: "'memcached' in docker_additional_services"
+
+- name: Add pdo_mysql php extension to container
+  set_fact:
+    dockerfile: "{{ dockerfile | combine({'run': ['docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) pdo_mysql']}, list_merge='append') }}"
+  when: "'pdo_mysql' in wordpress_php_extensions"
+
+- name: Include additional volume vars
+  include_vars: "{{ item }}_volume.yml"
+  loop: "{{ wordpress_additional_volumes | default([]) }}"
+
+- name: Wordpress container setup
+  include_role:
+    name: container
+  vars:
+    docker_service: wordpress
+    docker_image: wordpress:{{ wordpress_tag }}
+    docker_image_http_port: 80
+    docker_database: mariadb
+    docker_volumes: "{{ wordpress_docker_volumes + wordpress_www_volume + wordpress_log_volume }}"
+    docker_volume_type: bind
+    docker_env:
+      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: "{{ docker_service_name }}_db"
+      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: "{{ docker_service_name }}"
+      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: "{{ docker_service_name }}"
+      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: "{{ database_passwords[docker_service_name] }}"
+      WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA: |
+        define('WP_SITEURL', 'https://{{ docker_vhost_domains[docker_service_name][0] }}');
+        define('WP_HOME', 'https://{{ docker_vhost_domains[docker_service_name][0] }}');
+
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/vars/log_volume.yml b/roles/wordpress/vars/log_volume.yml
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+++ b/roles/wordpress/vars/log_volume.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+
+wordpress_log_volume:
+  - name: logs
+    path: /var/log/apache2
+
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/vars/www_volume.yml b/roles/wordpress/vars/www_volume.yml
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+++ b/roles/wordpress/vars/www_volume.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+
+wordpress_www_volume:
+  - name: www
+    path: /var/www
+