fix: MySQL 8.2+ and mysql:8 failing to start

.github/workflows/pr-wordpress-tests.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           - examples/wordpress-mariadb
           - examples/wordpress-mariadb-mysql
           - examples/wordpress-mysql8
+          - examples/wordpress-mysql84
           - examples/wordpress-nginx
           - examples/wordpress-recommended
         lando-version:
@@ -64,3 +65,4 @@ jobs:
           cleanup-header: "Destroy tests"
           shell: bash
           stdin: true
+          version: 1.0.0-beta.4

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## {{ UNRELEASED_VERSION }} - [{{ UNRELEASED_DATE }}]({{ UNRELEASED_LINK }})
 
+* Fixed MySQL 8.2+ startup failure by replacing removed `expire_logs_days` with `binlog_expire_logs_seconds` [#107](https://github.com/lando/wordpress/issues/107)
+* Fixed `mysql:8` startup failure by using the MySQL 8 config instead of the 5.7 config
+
 ## v1.11.0 - [March 11, 2026](https://github.com/lando/wordpress/releases/tag/v1.11.0)
 
 * Fixed MySQL 8.4 startup failure by removing hardcoded `mysql_native_password` authentication [lando/mysql#69](https://github.com/lando/mysql/issues/69)

builders/wordpress.js

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ const getConfigDefaults = options => {
   const database = _.first(dbConfig.split(':'));
   const version = _.last(dbConfig.split(':')).substring(0, 2);
   if (database === 'wordpress-mysql' || database === 'mysql' || database === 'mariadb') {
-    if (version === '8.') {
+    if (_.startsWith(version, '8')) {
       options.defaultFiles.database = 'mysql8.cnf';
     } else {
       options.defaultFiles.database = 'mysql.cnf';

config/mysql8.cnf

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ read_buffer_size = 2M
 #       other settings you may need to change.
 #server-id    = 1
 #log_bin      = /src/.lando/log/mysql-bin.log
-expire_logs_days = 10
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 864000
 max_binlog_size = 101M
 #binlog_do_db   = include_database_name
 #binlog_ignore_db = include_database_name

examples/wordpress-mysql84/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mysql84

examples/wordpress-mysql84/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+WordPress MySQL 8.4 Example
+===========================
+
+This example exists primarily to test the following documentation:
+
+* [WordPress Recipe](https://docs.devwithlando.io/tutorials/wordpress.html)
+
+## Start up tests
+
+Run the following commands to get up and running with this example.
+
+```bash
+# Should poweroff
+lando poweroff
+
+# Should initialize the latest WordPress codebase
+rm -rf mysql84 && mkdir -p mysql84 && cd mysql84
+lando init --source remote --remote-url https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz --recipe wordpress --webroot wordpress --name lando-wordpress-mysql84 --option database=mysql:8
+cp -f ../../.lando.upstream.yml .lando.upstream.yml && cat .lando.upstream.yml
+
+# Should start up successfully
+cd mysql84
+lando start
+```
+
+## Verification commands
+
+Run the following commands to validate things are rolling as they should.
+
+```bash
+# Should return the WordPress installation page by default
+cd mysql84
+lando exec appserver -- curl -L localhost | grep "WordPress"
+
+# Should use 8.3 as the default php version
+cd mysql84
+lando php -v | grep "PHP 8.3"
+
+# Should be running apache 2.4 by default
+cd mysql84
+lando exec appserver -- apachectl -V | grep 2.4
+lando exec appserver -- curl -IL localhost | grep Server | grep 2.4
+
+# Should be running mysql 8.4.x via the mysql:8 alias
+cd mysql84
+lando mysql -V | grep '8.4.'
+
+# Should not enable xdebug by default
+cd mysql84
+lando php -m | grep xdebug || echo $? | grep 1
+
+# Should use the default database connection info
+cd mysql84
+lando mysql -uwordpress -pwordpress wordpress -e quit
+
+# Should use the default mysql8 config file
+cd mysql84
+lando exec database -- cat /opt/bitnami/mysql/conf/my_custom.cnf | grep "LANDOWORDPRESSMYSQL8CNF"
+lando mysql -u root -e "show variables;" | grep innodb_lock_wait_timeout | grep 127
+
+# Should use binlog_expire_logs_seconds instead of the removed expire_logs_days
+cd mysql84
+lando mysql -u root -e "show variables;" | grep binlog_expire_logs_seconds | grep 864000
+
+# Should have the 2.x wp-cli
+cd mysql84
+lando wp cli version | grep "WP-CLI 2."
+
+# Should create a wp-config file
+cd mysql84/wordpress
+lando wp config create --dbname=wordpress --dbuser=wordpress --dbpass=wordpress --dbhost=database --force
+
+# Should be able to install wordpress
+cd mysql84/wordpress
+lando wp core install --url=lando-wordpress.lndo.site --title=LandoPress --admin_user=admin --admin_email=mike@pirog.com --skip-email
+```
+
+## Destroy tests
+
+Run the following commands to trash this app like nothing ever happened.
+
+```bash
+# Should be destroyed with success
+cd mysql84
+lando destroy -y
+lando poweroff
+```