Mybb forum and wordpress in the same database

  • Our primary site is a mybb forum which is located at the home directory. Now for member’s help and support we are looking to install a blog along with it (in /blog directory).

    Now the problem is that, currently our hosting package doesn’t allow us two databases. And the forum isn’t making much money so we won’t be able to move the site to a new host until next year.

    So, for the time being we were hoping that maybe we can install wordpress along with mybb in the same database (for now). And split it in the future whenever we can. The blog database size will not be an issue because it will only get an article published once in every month or so.

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  • Hi @likewise1129 ,

    You can try with multisite installation. It keeps database same but different tables prefixed with blog ID. Only users and usermeta tables will be common.

    Create A Network

    Have a look at this link to know more about multisite or wordpress network sites.

    Backup your forum before you do this but you should be able to run both sites from one database as long as they both use MySQL.

    Me? I’d move to somewhere else if my host couldn’t deal with my needs… It’s not unreasonable to have multiple databases in a hosting package.

    Else, your host should have wide experience in assisting their users in running multiple site resources via one DB. Some hosts can do more with less so don’t be afraid to ask them…

    Thread Starter likewise1129

    (@likewise1129)

    @jnashhawkins Yes, mybb is on mysql and wp will be on mysql as well. And I had crons set up so back up is done everyday. Anything else for me to keep in mind?

    Thread Starter likewise1129

    (@likewise1129)

    @ketanvyawahare Mybb database already provides prefix with mybb_

    And wordpress provides with prefix wp. So, that’s really isn’t my concern.

    Hi @likewise1129 ,

    No I wasn’t pointing the prefix.

    The points I wanted to highlight are as follows:

    • Multisite feature of WordPress
    • You can use a single database but separate for each sub-site on your multisite network.
    Thread Starter likewise1129

    (@likewise1129)

    @ketanvyawahare Okay, I read the post. The point here is that the database is of mybb. So, do I really need this function of WP to be enabled?

    And also I am not enabling my forum members to create sites on their own!!!(Which the article is referring).

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by likewise1129.

    Excellent

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