diff --git a/roles/wordpress/defaults/main.yml b/roles/wordpress/defaults/main.yml
index 82bc6ca..10a56c5 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wordpress/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ docker_additional_services: []
 docker_host_user: false
 wordpress_symlinks: false
 
+wordpress_php_memory_limit: 256M
+wordpress_php_post_max_size: 128M
+wordpress_php_upload_max_filesize: 32M
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/templates/php.ini.j2 b/roles/wordpress/templates/php.ini.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f753dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/wordpress/templates/php.ini.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+; {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+memory_limit = {{ wordpress_php_memory_limit }}
+post_max_size = {{ wordpress_php_post_max_size }}
+upload_max_filesize = {{ wordpress_php_upload_max_filesize }}
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/vars/main.yml b/roles/wordpress/vars/main.yml
index d1db558..0b3b0e5 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wordpress/vars/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 wordpress_docker_volumes:
   - name: html
     path: /var/www/html
+  - template: php.ini
+    path: /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/custom.ini