Two blogs one database temporarily

  • I have a website with a wordpress blog on it. I want to start from scratch and run the whole thing on wordpress. I plan to use the database from the original blog post.

    Since I don’t to take the old site and blog down while I am working on the new site, can I use the same database for both?

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  • No _ I don’t think that you can use the same db tables for both installs.

    Your best bet might be to install a second copy of WP in a new sub-folder – either in a fresh db or in the existing db but with different table prefixes.

    Develop the new site in the sub-folder ( and possibly import the content from the old install into the new). Then, when you’re ready, remove all files files in the root folder and use this approach to allow the sub-folder install to take over the root domain.

    You can finally clear up the old db and the original WP files at your leisure.

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