16 May How to install WordPress in a subdirectory
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This quick video will show you how to install WordPress in a subdirectory using a standard cPanel web hosting interface. There are many reasons why you might want to install WordPress in a subdirectory, such as to have a secondary WordPress site to use for an event or with a theme like OptimizePress to manage your squeeze and sales pages.
Aaron Lopez
Posted at 17:21h, 05 NovemberWhat if you have bought plugins or a theme? How do you move those from live production to sub directory for new development, then back?
Johnny Clingham
Posted at 10:00h, 06 NovemberPlease confirm using the automatic install from Cpanel is no difference to a manual install, once i have have created the sub folder or i could get word press to create sub folder for me as part of the install do you see any issues with this in my case i want to create a forum using BB press etc but i want to keep it separate to my main domain and also keep the users separate as well
Onu Igbokwe
Posted at 16:18h, 07 JanuaryAbsolutely brilliant I've trawled the Internet looking for just this solution. Thanks ever so much.
zunalter
Posted at 22:11h, 22 JanuaryThank you so much, this was a real lifesaver!!
Laura Capponi
Posted at 00:12h, 23 JanuaryAwesome tutorial! Super helpful, thank you!
PowerZone Marketing & Consulting
Posted at 01:05h, 29 JanuaryThis was very helpful. Thanks Terri!
Julian Osorio
Posted at 20:20h, 19 FebruaryWonderful explanation! Thank you!
neoqueto
Posted at 08:06h, 21 MarchDirect access to phpMyAdmin (or whatever you prefer) is very handy, so you should definitely (but securely!) save your database password somewhere for further access.
Very helpful video, thanks.
Wayne
Posted at 23:59h, 27 Marchgood explanation one of the best
Jeffrey Helms
Posted at 02:02h, 13 AprilThanks Terri, i really liked the video and learned some things i didnt know.
tayib salami
Posted at 12:23h, 19 Aprilyou are the best, that was amazing and so simple, thanks so so so so so so much, really appreciate it
Marc
Posted at 21:31h, 28 AprilHi Terri, I followed every step up to and including typing my own domain.com/blog and I don't get a config screen from wp at all. How can i get to that wp config screen? Where you used squeezepage I used blog
My Drone Company
Posted at 16:27h, 19 MayGreat Tutorial!!!! Thanks!
Tomer Levi
Posted at 19:03h, 21 Mayi have wp installed on main dir and when try to do what you explain here i get message telling me " Already Installed
You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.
Log I"
pls advice
Brigida O'Donnell
Posted at 22:07h, 25 JuneThanks heaps Terri, this has worked out much better than what I was doing before. Thanks for posting this video.
dbreardon
Posted at 16:49h, 29 AugustWhy did you not just use the WordPress installation script in your cPanel? Is there a reason?
Sansar Lochan
Posted at 10:09h, 02 SeptemberHi Terri, thanks for your great tutorial. Now I have two wordpress installs, one in main domain and another in sub-directory. But can you tell me one thing? Will google see both wordpress sites as two different sites? How can I submit a sitemap again to tell google that we are same sites and traffic coming in both are same so I can GET boost in alexa ranking of both wordpress traffics? I am tensed because we have two different wordpress installs now, two different htaccess, two different robotext files….then how will google find both installations (first in main domain, second in sub-directory) as a single website?
Tom Walker
Posted at 22:59h, 08 Septemberjust what I was looking for , simple and easy to follow 🙂
autumnruns
Posted at 00:58h, 23 SeptemberThank you SO much for this! I just followed by step by step and it worked perfectly.
be lue
Posted at 16:19h, 04 OctoberExplained perfectly! Thanks
Soul Shiftn
Posted at 23:19h, 18 NovemberSay it a sooo??? I found a youtube that doesn't smack the lips. Your awesome.
Rebecca Happy
Posted at 19:46h, 10 Decemberthankyou so much!!! this was very helpful
Carl Evans
Posted at 21:02h, 14 DecemberCan I do this to add a WordPress blog to my static website? 🙂
Gabriela Torres
Posted at 16:43h, 15 DecemberYou saved my ass with this tutorial. Thank you so much!
Hari Patra
Posted at 08:36h, 09 Januarygreat tutorial I got a lot of information thank u fro sharing your information.
ELife Who
Posted at 15:41h, 22 JanuaryGreat tutorial! Even a slow-learner like me understood very well
P Win
Posted at 02:02h, 02 FebruaryHi Terri, thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. I was wondered is there any different between installing wordpress and a wordpress-theme in the subdirectory? I was trying to install wordpress-theme and after finishing it. it does not show me the "Create Configuration File." Of course I followed your instruction. but I just wondered the different between install wordpress itself and the wordpress-theme gave me that issue (which was no "…wp-admin" any idea? thanks
Mister L
Posted at 19:37h, 02 FebruaryThank you
Ish Laos
Posted at 02:04h, 15 FebruaryHere is a trick question for you (And I'm hoping you can really answer this one). To get to that subdomain, you have to type in http://www.website.com/subdomain, correct? How do we make it so it goes to an entirely different domain all together? So that same exact site you created will display instead at http://www.myotherwebsite.com? In other words, no association whatsoever with http://www.website.com.
Merriment
Posted at 11:49h, 05 MarchI have created a subdirectory. And I have two wordpress installed, one in root and the other in subdirectory. Both of them contains posts and pages. I want to access both and it's happening. But when I am hiding the subdirectory slug from the post URL by modifying the .htaccess file, the sub directory name got hidden as per the requirement but the posts of my main domain is inaccessible and getting 404 error. Please suggest.
tranh son dau
Posted at 19:46h, 06 MarchThank you so muchhhhhhhh !
Yohan Zingile
Posted at 17:53h, 10 MarchHello, I have the wordpress website with posts already existing on it. I want and planning to create a subdirectory and install wordpress in it; However, I still want to use the same theme and keep the same posts I already have on my current worpress website (I want to keep the same content because I will make some very few changes and I am planning to add a specific geographic location to the subdirectory site created via google search console).
How could I keep the same content (than my current worpress website), features, posts, and design in the new subdirectory worpress site I will create? Thanks for your help!
Desired2inspire D2I
Posted at 14:08h, 15 MarchOh thank you! This was so helpful!
ralph daryl Cedro
Posted at 14:18h, 29 AprilThank you Terri. You are a lifesaver to me. 🙂 I really appreciated this very simple, straight forward video. I really learned a lot! 🙂
Ataraxia Studios
Posted at 03:53h, 15 MayThank you so much for the video! Easy to follow and straightfoward 🙂
We plan to have multiple comic series on our site, would you recommend using subdirectories for this? THANKS! 😀