Launch a production-ready WooCommerce store on Microsoft Azure in minutes, on infrastructure tuned for e-commerce rather than a blog with a shop added later. Built for merchants, agencies and developers who understand that store performance drives revenue, where every second of checkout latency can reduce conversions. This image ships with the current stable releases of WordPress and WooCommerce on a hardened Linux operating system, providing a secure and reliable foundation for online stores.

What You Get Out of the Box

Current stable releases of WordPress and WooCommerce.
CIS-aligned operating system hardening with UFW configured to allow HTTP (80), HTTPS (443) and SSH only. HTTP automatically redirects to HTTPS after SSL certificate configuration.
WP-CLI pre-installed for scripted product imports, updates, backups, migrations and administrative automation.

Common Use Cases

Merchant Stores – Deploy and manage product catalogues, shopping carts, secure checkout and order management on infrastructure you control, without software platform transaction fees.
Agency Deployments – Build repeatable client stores using WP-CLI automation on a consistent, hardened platform.
Migrations – Move from hosted e-commerce platforms using documented product and order import procedures, with migration services available.
Staging and Production – Use the same Azure image for staging and production environments with documented promotion and backup workflows.

Sizing Guidance

E-commerce applications require more CPU, memory and storage resources than a typical content website, particularly during checkout and peak shopping periods.

Evaluation and development: Standard_D2s_v5 (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM)
Production online store: Standard_D4s_v5 (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM) with Premium SSD managed disks
High-traffic stores or large product catalogues: Standard_D8s_v5 (8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM) with Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Cache for Redis, as documented in the architecture guide.

Trademark Notice

WooCommerce® and Woo® are trademarks of Automattic Inc. WordPress® is a registered trademark of the WordPress Foundation. This product is independently packaged and maintained and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Automattic Inc. or the WordPress Foundation.

WooCommerce Online Store on Azure

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