diff --git a/.github/scripts/deploy-userguide b/.github/scripts/deploy-userguide
index abbb768a5017..b67c1da94c13 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/deploy-userguide
+++ b/.github/scripts/deploy-userguide
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ cd $TARGET
 git checkout master
 rm -rf docs
 
+# Copy common files
+cp -Rf ${SOURCE}/LICENSE ./
+
+# Copy repo-specific files
+cp -Rf ${SOURCE}/admin/userguide/. ./
+
 # Copy files
 cp -Rf ${SOURCE}/user_guide_src/build/html ./docs
 cp -Rf ${SOURCE}/user_guide_src/build/epub/CodeIgniter.epub ./CodeIgniter${VERSION}.epub
diff --git a/admin/userguide/.github/scripts/deploy b/admin/userguide/.github/scripts/deploy
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0347c004dfff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/userguide/.github/scripts/deploy
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# Deploys the User Guide to the production
+# website. Triggered by updates to the GitHub
+# repo's master branch.
+
+REPO=/opt/userguide
+SITE=/home/public_html/userguides/userguide4
+
+cd "$REPO"
+git switch master
+git pull
+
+rm -rf "$SITE"
+cp -R "$REPO/docs" "$SITE"
diff --git a/admin/userguide/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/admin/userguide/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac8027fc7410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/userguide/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Deploys the User Guide to the production
+# website whenever master branch is updated
+name: Deploy Production
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: 
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: executing remote ssh commands using ssh key
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
+          port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
+          script: /opt/userguide/.github/scripts/deploy
diff --git a/admin/userguide/.gitignore b/admin/userguide/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0eba7f4bdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/userguide/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*/config/development
+*/logs/log-*.php
+!*/logs/index.html
+*/cache/*
+!*/cache/index.html
+!*/cache/.htaccess
+
+user_guide_src/build/*
+user_guide_src/cilexer/build/*
+user_guide_src/cilexer/dist/*
+user_guide_src/cilexer/pycilexer.egg-info/*
+
+/vendor/
diff --git a/admin/userguide/README.md b/admin/userguide/README.md
index 10d85692bc38..0ea07075db61 100644
--- a/admin/userguide/README.md
+++ b/admin/userguide/README.md
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 # CodeIgniter 4 User Guide
 
-## What is CodeIgniter?
-
-CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework that is light, fast, flexible and secure. 
+CodeIgniter 4 is a PHP web framework that is light, fast, flexible, and secure.
 More information can be found at the [official site](http://codeigniter.com).
 
-This repository holds a composer-installable pre-built user guide for the framework.
-It has been built from the 
-[development repository](https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4).
-
-More information about the plans for version 4 can be found in [the announcement](http://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-62615.html) on the forums.
-
-## Installation & updates
+**This is a read-only repository used to publish the user guide for the current release.**
+It is built automatically as part of the framework release workflow, and pull
+requests are not accepted here.
 
-`composer require codeigniter4/userguide` will install a copy
-of the user guide inside your project, at
-`vendor/codeigniter4/userguide`. You can then `composer update` whenever
-there is a new release of the framework.
+Development is done in the [main repository](https://github.com/codeigniter4/codeigniter4).
+If you find problems with the user guide, please submit a correcting pull request there.
 
+If you feel that features are missing or unclear, please comment on our
+[forum](https://forum.codeigniter.com/index.php),
+in the appropriate CodeIgniter4 subforum.
diff --git a/admin/userguide/composer.json b/admin/userguide/composer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 007664b9b2ec..000000000000
--- a/admin/userguide/composer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "codeigniter4/userguide",
-    "type": "project",
-    "description": "CodeIgniter4 user guide",
-    "homepage": "https://codeigniter.com",
-    "license": "MIT",
-    "require": {
-        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
-        "codeigniter4/framework": "^4"
-    },
-    "support": {
-        "forum": "https://forum.codeigniter.com/",
-        "source": "https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4",
-        "slack": "https://codeigniterchat.slack.com"
-    }
-}