Title: Adding HTML files to Directory
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding HTML files to Directory

 *  [michele.fog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelefog/)
 * (@michelefog)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-files-to-directory/)
 * I am currently creating a site that needed a user database so I was asked to 
   develop it through WordPress.
    However, I already have multiple **external HTML
   pages** created so I am wondering if I can **add them to the WordPress directory**
   like with a normal html website and link them from the sign in page.

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 *  [Jeff F.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefferytodd/)
 * (@jefferytodd)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-files-to-directory/#post-5088836)
 * I’m not clear if you are creating a new domain for this site, but you can either
   convert the pages to WordPress or yes, you can link to html pages. if they’re
   the same domain, you can still have them in the root directory and link to them
   directly. Otherwise if they’re different urls they can still travel to the same
   path without WordPress interfering.
 * The only thing you can’t do if you leave then as .html is include them in a dynamic
   WordPress menu since that’s linked to the pages you create.
 * Hope I answered your question, please elaborate if you need to.
 *  Thread Starter [michele.fog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelefog/)
 * (@michelefog)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-files-to-directory/#post-5088845)
 * That’s perfect! The html pages are not in a domain yet so I will simply put them
   in the WordPress’ root directory when they are finished.
    Thank you so much for
   your help, this has saved me a lot of confusion and frustration!
 *  [Jeff F.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefferytodd/)
 * (@jefferytodd)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-files-to-directory/#post-5088846)
 * Be sure to put it in the root directory of the hosted domain so it can follow
   the path example.com/file.html
 * Of course you’ll use different names. 🙂
 *  [RogerDimant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogerdimant/)
 * (@rogerdimant)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-html-files-to-directory/#post-5089018)
 * Hello, I have the same question!!
 * I tried to create html files (with their own css stylesheet) in the same directory
   of the main PHP files, but it didn’t work. All I have to do is to create the 
   HTML file in wp-content/themes/mytheme? For example [http://www.domain.com/example.html???](http://www.domain.com/example.html???)
 * Thanks a lot!!

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