diff --git a/roles/wordpress-setup/defaults/main.yml b/roles/wordpress-setup/defaults/main.yml
index 77140141d..e654f59aa 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress-setup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wordpress-setup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ robots_tag_header: "{{ item.value.robots_tag_header | default({}) }}"
 robots_tag_header_enabled: "{{ robots_tag_header.enabled | default(not_prod) }}"
 
 # PHP FPM
+php_fpm_pm: 'dynamic'
 php_fpm_pm_max_children: 10
 php_fpm_pm_start_servers: 1
 php_fpm_pm_min_spare_servers: 1
diff --git a/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/php-fpm-pool-wordpress.conf.j2 b/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/php-fpm-pool-wordpress.conf.j2
index 146474563..46699c929 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/php-fpm-pool-wordpress.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/wordpress-setup/templates/php-fpm-pool-wordpress.conf.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ listen.owner = www-data
 listen.group = www-data
 user = {{ web_user }}
 group = {{ web_group }}
-pm = dynamic
+pm = {{ php_fpm_pm }}
 pm.max_children = {{ php_fpm_pm_max_children }}
 pm.start_servers = {{ php_fpm_pm_start_servers }}
 pm.min_spare_servers = {{ php_fpm_pm_min_spare_servers }}