WP Sidecar

Path: products/articulate/wp-sidecar

wp-sidecar is an architecture-forward project that keeps WordPress private behind php-fpm while Rust owns ingress and policy.

Scope

The README and decisions document describe:

• a Rust gateway on Axum and Tokio,
• direct FastCGI handling,
• private php-fpm over Unix sockets,
• SQLite-backed WordPress,
• Rust-managed uploads outside the WordPress tree,
• and a future Unikraft or other hardened-edge path.

Why it is interesting

It presents a cleaner "WordPress as bounded sidecar" model than many traditional WordPress hosting stacks. That makes it strategically important even though it appears earlier-stage than gatekeeper.

Key docs

• README.md
• docs/DECISIONS.md
• Cargo.toml