Anophthalmic orbit restoration with artificial implants is usually accompanied with the risks of bacterial penetration and implant exposure. Here, we develop a facile evaporation-inducing self-assembly approach to modify the porous hydroxyapatite (pHA) orbital implants by using sol-gel derived CuO-containing mesoporous bioactive glass (Cu-MBG). The Cu-MBG coatings with 0-5 mol% CuO were prepared in the pore wall of pHA by immersion-evaporation-ageing route in the sol precursor of Cu-MBG. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller and Barrette-Joyner-Halenda analyses showed that the specific surface area and pore volume were slightly decreased with increasing CuO content, while the Cu-MBG-modified pHA maintained a sustained release of ofloxacin and significantly inhibited the bacterial viability (Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli). These studies demonstrate that the Cu-MBG modification provides an effective and facile strategy to endow combined biological performances of pHA orbital implants and potentially reduce implant-related side effects.