Multiple blogs

  • Resolved sirthaddeus

    (@sirthaddeus)


    16 years, 4 months ago

    I have wordpress installed on my server and also have a blog for my website.

    I am wanting to have other blogs on my site that I will use for testing for clients of mine.

    I know I am able to have multiple blogs, but do I have to install wordpress multiple times?

    Can I just create the new database and link to it?

    Many thanks in advance!

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  • The normal, basic way is install WP again. One install, and 1 database, for each blog.

    Actually 1 install, and they can all live together in 1 database if you change the table prefix in your wp-config file.

    However if you don’t want to install it multiple times, there are numerous techniques. The way I do it is called Virtual Multiblog (VMB). It’s pretty easy once you have done it a couple times. This involves creating (or ask your host to create) symlinks. So it is like what you guessed: create a new database and linking all the databases to use 1 set of WP files.
    https://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/features/virtual-multiblog/

    You should read this, but note that it may be out-dated, and contains many optional ways of doing this:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_Multiple_Blogs

    When I tried the different ways, my favorite was VMB, but you may want to try others.

    WP-MU is a popular choice too.

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