diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1da00c8..a4daf83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-This directory will contain several configuration files for the deployment of wordpress sites using docker
\ No newline at end of file
+This directory will contain several configuration files for the deployment of wordpress sites using docker
+The subdirectories represent different wordpress deployment:
+- basic: MySQL and WordPress containers only
+- myadmin: MySQL, WordPress and phpMyAdmin containers
+- basic_redis: added redis container to basic
+- myadmin_redis: added redis container to myadmin
+
diff --git a/basic/.env_default b/basic/.env_default
index 0374f7d..a3c1c98 100644
--- a/basic/.env_default
+++ b/basic/.env_default
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$CONTAINER_NAME=TheNameOfYourContainer
+CONTAINER_NAME=TheNameOfYourContainer
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=YourMySQLRootPasswordHere
 MYSQL_USER=wpuser
 MYSQL_PASSWORD=The_wpuser_password_here
diff --git a/basic/README.md b/basic/README.md
index b1aa057..08e8c62 100644
--- a/basic/README.md
+++ b/basic/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ INSTRUCTIONS
 
 1. Copy (and edit) .env_default to .env
 2. Run docker-compose
-3. Access the system in hostname:$EX_PORT
+3. Access the system in http://hostname:$EX_PORT
 4. Follow the system instructions to install WP
 5. Have fun!
 
+.env VARIABLES
+
+The variables in the .env file are:
+CONTAINER_NAME: represents the sufix of the containers created
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: the root password for the MySQL database
+MYSQL_USER: the user to own the wordpress database
+MYSQL_PASSWORD: the password for the MYSQL_USER
+MYSQL_WP_DATABASE: the wordpress database name
+EX_PORT: the port to access the wordpress
diff --git a/basic/docker-compose.yml b/basic/docker-compose.yml
index 5dd9dc8..7a01f6f 100644
--- a/basic/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/basic/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   db:
     image: mysql:8.0
-    container_name: $CONTAINER_NAME_db
+    container_name: "${CONTAINER_NAME}_db"
     restart: unless-stopped
     env_file: .env
     environment:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db
     image: wordpress
-    container_name: $CONTAINER_NAME_wp
+    container_name: "${CONTAINER_NAME}_wp"
     restart: unless-stopped
     env_file: .env
     ports:
diff --git a/myadmin/.env_default b/myadmin/.env_default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c83a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myadmin/.env_default
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CONTAINER_NAME=TheNameOfYourContainer
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=YourMySQLRootPasswordHere
+MYSQL_USER=wpuser
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=The_wpuser_password_here
+MYSQL_WP_DATABASE=wordpressdb
+EX_PORT=8000
+MY_PORT=8100
+
diff --git a/myadmin/README.md b/myadmin/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85a340a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myadmin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+INSTRUCTIONS
+
+1. Copy (and edit) .env_default to .env
+2. Run docker-compose
+3. Access the system in https://hostname:$EX_PORT
+4. Follow the system instructions to install WP
+5. Have fun!
+
+If you need to access the phpMyAdmin just point your browser to http://hostname:$MY_PORT
+
+.env VARIABLES
+
+The variables in the .env file are:
+CONTAINER_NAME: represents the sufix of the containers created
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: the root password for the MySQL database
+MYSQL_USER: the user to own the wordpress database
+MYSQL_PASSWORD: the password for the MYSQL_USER
+MYSQL_WP_DATABASE: the wordpress database name
+EX_PORT: the port to access the wordpress
+MY_PORT: the port to access the phpMyAdmin
diff --git a/myadmin/docker-compose.yml b/myadmin/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bce5994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myadmin/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: mysql:8.0
+    container_name: "${CONTAINER_NAME}_db"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file: .env
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=$MYSQL_WP_DATABASE
+    volumes:
+      - ./dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
+    command: '--default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password'
+
+  wordpress:
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    image: wordpress
+    container_name: "${CONTAINER_NAME}_wp"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file: .env
+    ports:
+       - $EX_PORT:80
+    environment:
+      - WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=db:3306
+      - WORDPRESS_DB_USER=$MYSQL_USER
+      - WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_PASSWORD
+      - WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=$MYSQL_WP_DATABASE
+    volumes:
+      - ./wordpress:/var/www/html
+
+  phpmyadmin:
+     depends_on:
+       - db
+     image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
+     container_name: "${CONTAINER_NAME}_myadmin"
+     restart: unless-stopped
+     ports:
+         - $MY_PORT:80
+     env_file: .env 
+     environment:
+         MYSQL_USER: $MYSQL_USER
+         MYSQL_PASSWORD: $MYSQL_PASSWORD
+         MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: $MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD