diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml
index 11be0f5..2b52111 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-release.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           test -f dist/native-runtime/aurora-native-0.1.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
           test -f dist/linux-unpacked/resources/native-runtime/aurora-native-0.1.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
           cmp dist/native-runtime/aurora-native-0.1.0-linux-x64.tar.gz dist/linux-unpacked/resources/native-runtime/aurora-native-0.1.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
-          test -f dist/linux-unpacked/resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.1.pac
+          test -f dist/linux-unpacked/resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.2.pac
           test -f dist/linux-unpacked/resources/module-catalog/drupal-1.0.0.pac
 
       - name: Create checksums
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
index e655909..1cf659e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-release.yml
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Verify embedded PAC catalog
         run: |
-          test -f dist/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.1.pac
-          test -f "dist/mac-universal/Aurora Dockside.app/Contents/Resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.1.pac"
-          cmp dist/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.1.pac "dist/mac-universal/Aurora Dockside.app/Contents/Resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.1.pac"
-          unzip -t "dist/mac-universal/Aurora Dockside.app/Contents/Resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.1.pac"
+          test -f dist/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.2.pac
+          test -f "dist/mac-universal/Aurora Dockside.app/Contents/Resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.2.pac"
+          cmp dist/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.2.pac "dist/mac-universal/Aurora Dockside.app/Contents/Resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.2.pac"
+          unzip -t "dist/mac-universal/Aurora Dockside.app/Contents/Resources/module-catalog/wordpress-1.2.2.pac"
 
       - name: Create checksums
         run: |
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e64365c..cae2d78 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "aurora-dockside",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.38",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.39",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "aurora-dockside",
-      "version": "2.0.0-alpha.38",
+      "version": "2.0.0-alpha.39",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@electron-toolkit/preload": "^3.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9595804..8ee3b1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aurora-dockside",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.38",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.39",
   "description": "A modern, modular Docker development platform for building, running, and managing web applications locally.",
   "desktopName": "aurora-dockside.desktop",
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/main/index.cjs b/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/main/index.cjs
index 786d6a1..0e962a9 100644
--- a/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/main/index.cjs
+++ b/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/main/index.cjs
@@ -73,12 +73,24 @@ exports.projectCreate = async function projectCreate(context) {
       '--remove-orphans'
     ])
   }
-  await context.run(
-    'download',
-    command,
-    [...base, 'core', 'download', `--locale=${s.locale || 'en_US'}`, '--force'],
-    native ? context.native.commandEnvironment : undefined
-  )
+  if (native && nativePhpPrefix.length) {
+    const target = Buffer.from(context.directory, 'utf8').toString('base64')
+    const locale = encodeURIComponent(String(s.locale || 'en_US'))
+    const download = `$target=base64_decode('${target}');$work=$target.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'.aurora'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'wordpress-download';$archive=$work.'.zip';@mkdir($work,0777,true);$api=json_decode(file_get_contents('https://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.7/?locale=${locale}'),true);$offer=$api['offers'][0]??null;$url=$offer['packages']['full']??$offer['download']??null;if(!$url||!copy($url,$archive))throw new Exception('Unable to download WordPress.');$zip=new ZipArchive();if($zip->open($archive)!==true)throw new Exception('Unable to open WordPress archive.');if(!$zip->extractTo($work))throw new Exception('Unable to extract WordPress archive.');$zip->close();$source=$work.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'wordpress';foreach(scandir($source) as $entry){if($entry==='.'||$entry==='..')continue;if(!rename($source.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$entry,$target.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$entry))throw new Exception('Unable to install WordPress file: '.$entry);}@rmdir($source);@rmdir($work);@unlink($archive);`
+    await context.run(
+      'download',
+      context.native.php,
+      [...nativePhpPrefix, '-r', download],
+      context.native.commandEnvironment
+    )
+  } else {
+    await context.run(
+      'download',
+      command,
+      [...base, 'core', 'download', `--locale=${s.locale || 'en_US'}`, '--force'],
+      native ? context.native.commandEnvironment : undefined
+    )
+  }
   await context.run(
     'config',
     command,
diff --git a/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/manifest.json b/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/manifest.json
index b015613..faf7f4c 100644
--- a/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "wordpress",
   "name": "WordPress",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "category": "application",
   "description": "WordPress CMS provisioning and WP-CLI tooling.",
   "main": "main/index.cjs",
diff --git a/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/package.json b/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/package.json
index 4ae5253..2189ab6 100644
--- a/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/package.json
+++ b/packages/aurora-module-wordpress/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aurora/module-wordpress",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "private": true,
   "description": "WordPress application module for Aurora Dockside",
   "files": [