diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 155ef3165b..c234fbd630 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,5 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ${{ matrix.runs.history }}
       - name: Test ${{ matrix.name }}
         run: ${{ matrix.runs.test }}
+        env:
+          SKIP_DB_CREATION: true
       - name: '"docker images"'
         run: ${{ matrix.runs.images }}
diff --git a/beta/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/beta/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/beta/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/beta/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/beta/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php7.3/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php7.3/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php7.3/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php7.4/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php7.4/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php7.4/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php8.0/apache/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php8.0/fpm-alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/latest/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/latest/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 0fca21c79d..2081060ec8 100755
--- a/latest/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/latest/php8.0/fpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,56 @@ if [[ "$1" == apache2* ]] || [ "$1" = 'php-fpm' ]; then
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
+
+	if [ -z ${SKIP_DB_CREATION+x} ]; then
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST-"mysql"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER-"root"}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD-}
+		export WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME-"wordpress"}
+
+		if ! TERM=dumb php -- <<'EOPHP'
+<?php
+// database might not exist, so let's try creating it (just to be safe)
+$stderr = fopen('php://stderr', 'w');
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Alternate_Port
+//   "hostname:port"
+// https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#MySQL_Sockets_or_Pipes
+//   "hostname:unix-socket-path"
+list($host, $socket) = explode(':', getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'), 2);
+$port = 0;
+if (is_numeric($socket)) {
+	$port = (int) $socket;
+	$socket = null;
+}
+$user = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_USER');
+$pass = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD');
+$dbName = getenv('WORDPRESS_DB_NAME');
+$maxTries = 10;
+do {
+	$mysql = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, '', $port, $socket);
+	if ($mysql->connect_error) {
+		fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL Connection Error: (' . $mysql->connect_errno . ') ' . $mysql->connect_error . "\n");
+		--$maxTries;
+		if ($maxTries <= 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sleep(3);
+	}
+} while ($mysql->connect_error);
+if (!$mysql->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `' . $mysql->real_escape_string($dbName) . '`')) {
+	fwrite($stderr, "\n" . 'MySQL "CREATE DATABASE" Error: ' . $mysql->error . "\n");
+	$mysql->close();
+	exit(1);
+}
+$mysql->close();
+EOPHP
+		then
+			echo >&2
+			echo >&2 "WARNING: unable to establish a database connection to '$WORDPRESS_DB_HOST'"
+			echo >&2 '  continuing anyways (which might have unexpected results)'
+			echo >&2
+		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec "$@"