diff --git a/roles/deploy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/deploy/defaults/main.yml
index 50b91e6b8b..329075b9de 100644
--- a/roles/deploy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ project_templates:
 #     mode: '0755'      // <- optional, use an octal number starting with 0 or quote it, defaults to `'0755'` if `directory` or `'0644'` if `file`
 #     type: directory // <- optional, defaults to `directory`, options: `directory` or `file`
 project_shared_children:
-  - path: web/app/uploads
+  - path: "{{ project_public_path }}/{{ project_upload_path }}"
     src: uploads
 
 # The project_environment is a list of environment variables that can be used in hooks
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ composer_classmap_authoritative: true
 project: "{{ wordpress_sites[site] }}"
 project_root: "{{ www_root }}/{{ site }}"
 project_local_path: "{{ (lookup('env', 'USER') == 'vagrant') | ternary(project_root + '/' + project_current_path, project.local_path) }}"
+project_public_path: "{{ project.public_path | default('web') }}"
+project_upload_path: "{{ project.upload_path | default('app/uploads') }}"
 
 
 # Deploy hooks
diff --git a/roles/wordpress-install/tasks/directories.yml b/roles/wordpress-install/tasks/directories.yml
index 0a6956fad7..591255688b 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress-install/tasks/directories.yml
+++ b/roles/wordpress-install/tasks/directories.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Create web root of sites
   file:
-    path: "{{ www_root }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ item.value.current_path | default('current') }}/web"
+    path: "{{ www_root }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ item.value.current_path | default('current') }}/{{ item.value.public_path | default('web') }}"
     owner: "{{ web_user }}"
     group: "{{ web_group }}"
     mode: '0755'
diff --git a/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/wordpress-site.conf.j2 b/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/wordpress-site.conf.j2
index 414328fcc4..2096c6d45b 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/wordpress-site.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/wordpress-site.conf.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ server {
   {% endblock %}
 
   {% block server_basic -%}
-  root  {{ www_root }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ item.value.current_path | default('current') }}/web;
+  root  {{ www_root }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ item.value.current_path | default('current') }}/{{ item.value.public_path | default('web') }};
   index index.php index.htm index.html;
   add_header Fastcgi-Cache $upstream_cache_status;