Should I use two single WordPress installations because of SEO?

  • I read somewhere that too many plugins can sometimes affect the performance of a website due to plugin conflicts, the way plugins were coded, etc. In case there is some truth in this argument, I am wondering if the following website strategy can help to solve this problem:

    – Create two websites in two single WordPress installations: Storefront (site 1), WooCommerce (site 2)
    – List all the products ONLY in my Storefront (site 1) and from there send users directly to the checkout page of WooCommerce (site 2) – assuming that this is even possible!?
    – Hide site 2 from google search engines since this site would only be used only for checkout and back-office purposes.

    I am new to the field of web development in general and WordPress in particular, so any advice on this matter would be very much appreciated!

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by vsalgadinho.
    • This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress topic
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    This does not make sense. Storefront is a theme for WooCommerce sites. You can’t have a “storefront site” and a “woocommerce site”, since the latter needs a theme (e.g., storefont). You’re better off building one site and optimizing it well.

    Thread Starter vsalgadinho

    (@vsalgadinho)

    Hi Steve,

    Sorry for the misunderstanding, I did not explain myself clearly. I was not talking about the theme but of a custom “storefront” using simple WP pages to display the products.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Nonetheless, I don’t see the point of it. ONe thing you might consider is using a SAAS instead of WordPress, so your site uses a plugin to to fetch and display products you’re selling via shopify or prodigyecommerce or another SAAS backend.

    Thread Starter vsalgadinho

    (@vsalgadinho)

    Thank you for your feedback @sterndata, I will look into the SAAS option.

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