Adding WordPress to existing domain

  • Gemini23

    (@gemini23)


    10 years, 3 months ago

    My partner has an existing website – with about 100 pages and many other images in an image folder…

    We would like to upload a WordPress installation into the ‘Root’ folder where there are already existing files…. and several folders which we don’t want to lose – as there are many images uploaded.

    Can the WordPress be installed in the ROOT where there are already existing files? AND most importantly that it wouldn’t affect existing images in an images folder…

    OR

    does the Root folder need to be empty of files?

    Are there instructions on doing this somewhere?

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  • jon

    (@adiant)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    “Can the WordPress be installed in the ROOT where there are already existing files?” Yes, but it is “just asking for trouble”.

    I always install WordPress in a subdirectory off the Root, and then use the “Using a pre-existing subdirectory install” section of this Codex page to make it look like WordPress is in the Root: https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install

    It also allows you to develop a WordPress site in the subdirectory without impacting the existing web site in the Root. The final switch from old (existing Root) to new (WordPress) can also be done in a matter of seconds.

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