Title: Adding a second installation for development
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding a second installation for development

 *  Resolved [vickym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vickym/)
 * (@vickym)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-second-installation-for-development/)
 * Hi, I’m looking to develop a new site for a client. They already have an outdated
   WordPress website on their root domain. I have access to the admin for this, 
   so I can export all the posts and content.
 * The old site needs to remain live whilst I develop the new one. I’d like to build
   the new site on the live domain so the client can view it, in a subfolder, eg.
   domain.com/dev, but I’m not sure of the best way to go about it. Can I add a 
   second installation of wordpress in a sub folder, and will it be a straightforward
   installation in the usual way?
 * I have looked through this post: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Running_a_Development_Copy_of_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Running_a_Development_Copy_of_WordPress)
   but I think it’s probably overkill for what I’m needing.
 * Could anyone suggest the best way to go about this?
 * Many thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-second-installation-for-development/#post-4675243)
 * >  Can I add a second installation of wordpress in a sub folder
 * Yes
 * > will it be a straightforward installation in the usual way?
 * Yes.Once the new site is ready to launch, you can then take the old site down
   and [allow the sub-folder install to take over the root domain](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install).
 *  Thread Starter [vickym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vickym/)
 * (@vickym)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-second-installation-for-development/#post-4675247)
 * OK, that’s great – thanks so much for getting back to me. I just wasn’t sure 
   if it was the cleanest or best workaround. I’ll give it a go.
    Many thanks

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-second-installation-for-development/#post-4675247)
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