diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
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+{
+  "features": {
+    "buildkit": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  wordpress:
+    build: .
+    container_name: imc_wp
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80"
+    environment:
+      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
+      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wp_user
+      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wp_pass
+      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wp_db
+    volumes:
+      # Persist only uploads; everything else stays in the image
+      - ./wp-data/uploads:/var/www/html/wp-content/uploads
+      # Optional custom PHP config
+      - ./config/php.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/custom.ini:ro
+      # <-- NEW: expose the local images folder
+      - ./theme/images:/var/www/html/wp-content/uploads/theme-images:ro
+  db:
+    image: mariadb:10.11
+    container_name: imc_db
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: "1"
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: wp_db
+      MYSQL_USER: wp_user
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: wp_pass
+    volumes:
+      - ./db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+
+  # Optional helper for ad‑hoc WP‑CLI commands
+  wpcli:
+    image: wordpress:cli
+    depends_on:
+      - wordpress
+      - db
+    volumes:
+      - ./wp-data:/var/www/html
+    entrypoint: ["wp"]
+    environment:
+      WP_CLI_URL: http://localhost:8080
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# If the config file does not exist, generate it from the env vars
+if [ ! -f /var/www/html/wp-config.php ]; then
+    wp config create \
+        --dbname="${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME}" \
+        --dbuser="${WORDPRESS_DB_USER}" \
+        --dbpass="${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD}" \
+        --dbhost="${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST}" \
+        --path=/var/www/html \
+        --allow-root
+fi
+
+# Hand over to the official WordPress entrypoint
+exec docker-entrypoint.sh "$@"