Title: 2 wordpress sites same user's databse
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# 2 wordpress sites same user's databse

 *  [yadigit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yadigit/)
 * (@yadigit)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-wordpress-sites-same-users-databse/)
 * Hello, Ive been searching for an answer to my question for about 3 days now. 
   I have 2 wordpress a non-sub domain, and a subdomain.. they are connected in 
   the same database, except for the prefex..
    one is wp_ and the other is wp2_..
   I’ve tried using Multisite.. and completely did not do what I wanted it to do..
   I’ve also tried define(CUSTOM_USER_TABLE,’wp_users’); define(CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE,’
   wp_usermeta’); It works for the most part except for when I try to enter in the/
   wp-admin.. I get an error message “You do not have sufficient permissions to 
   access this page.”….
 * Is there any way around this?
    Thanks in advance.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-wordpress-sites-same-users-databse/#post-2836654)
 * If you’re not using Multisite, you’re in the wrong subforum. Also I don’t know
   what ‘did not do what I wanted it to do’ means, so I can’t help you _with_ multisite.
   Perhaps you could elaborate on what you want, because one database, two sites,
   is exactly what Multisite does 🙂
 * The wp-admin on which site? Both?
 * What you should do is make sure the prefix is changed on the wp-config.php of
   each site to point to the right prefix. Also make sure the same DB details (name,
   user, password, etc) are the same.
 *  Thread Starter [yadigit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yadigit/)
 * (@yadigit)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-wordpress-sites-same-users-databse/#post-2836664)
 * Sorry for placing this in the wrong sub forum.
 * Maybe Multi Site is what I should do, but I guess I didn’t do something right?
 * Okay, With multi-site.. I expected it how all my sites that I have will be in
   one easy to navigate admin panel.. so I’ll be able to switch back and forth through
   sites, (ex: example.com, my.example.com, another.example.com) I already had a
   fresh installed wordpress in the same database with a different prefex. (eg wp_,
   wp1_, wp2_)..
    I place `define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);` in both wordpress
   config.php..
 * I ran the installment for example.com. During the installment it asked if im 
   going to run with a sub-domain, or a nonsub-domain.. I installed with sub-domain.
   I added my site under the “sites” tab, (my.example.com).. It didn’t link up with
   each other.
    The main purpose of this is to have one site just for info, and 
   the other site for buying and checking out.
 * I guess the bottom line is to allow 2 wordpress sites with the same user login
   from the same database prefex.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-wordpress-sites-same-users-databse/#post-2836735)
 * > With multi-site.. I expected it how all my sites that I have will be in one
   > easy to navigate admin panel.. so I’ll be able to switch back and forth through
   > sites, (ex: example.com, my.example.com, another.example.com)
 * Ah, no,and you won’t get that with your current setup either.
 * You get this: example.com/wp-admin and my.example.com/wp-admin and so on.
 * > I place
   >  define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true); in both wordpress config.php..
 * Oh! NO! Don’t do that! If you’re sharing a DB, that’s a nightmare!!!
 * If you want to use Multisite, put `define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);` only 
   in the main site (example.com) wp-config.php
 * That activates Multisite for that instance, and, after you configure it, allows
   you to make sub-sites. Like my.example.com 🙂

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-wordpress-sites-same-users-databse/#post-2836735)
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