Joy
(@joyously)
I think you might be in the wrong place. There are no wordpress.org accounts mapped to domains. You could be thinking of wordpress.com though.
Here at .org, we supply the free software for self-hosting your WordPress site. There is nothing for sale.
Joy
(@joyously)
Rereading your question, it sounds more like you misused the term “wordpress.org account”. Sorry…
You are contradicting yourself, saying your want to copy stuff to domain2 but use the same database, but then you want to change domain2 without affecting domain1.
Even with a multisite, each subsite has its own database. They all share one set of WP files. And if you have the domains on separate hosts, what is it you want to share and why?
I think you take a snapshot and start the new site, independent. Once you are ready, you can export the user stuff that has changed since the snapshot.
Sorry, I’ve got myself so turned around. Domain1.com is hosted on Digital Ocean, but I log on to the website at domain1.com/wp-admin. I’m trying to figure out how to do the same for domain2.com. I want them linked, because all the new posts, etc, need to migrate. I did take a snapshot of it, but was hoping to keep them “together” so new blog posts, etc, will also appear on the new site so there’s not a separate updating when we’re ready to migrate. We will eventually have both sites hosted on Ionos.
Well, I’d decide on where I want to finish up being hosted and I’d build a WordPress install there with one domain pointed at it.
Is it possible to have 1 login and see both sites?
Here’s where the multisite will work for you… You’ll use the super admin account that created the WordPress you wish to keep and to then access either subsite on the multisite.
I’d then convert that one to a multisite right away and point the second domain at the new subsite. Doesn’t matter much where the domain names are registered… they’ll need to ‘point’ via DNS to the networked multisite WordPress.
You’ll probably need to migrate content from that Digital Ocean based site to the multisite since you are planning to host the multisite on Ionos. I’d do that migration via the Export facilities in WordPress… A lot of people recommend migration plugins but I usually just use my backups or else the export (and import) system.
So, go ahead and figure this all out on paper and get to building. If you run into questions or problems post a new topic here so we can help you or ask your web hosts for some help.
Remember, backups!!! Do backups quite often. Restoring a backup is so much easier if you break something.
Take your time and have fun.
