Title: Adding WordPress to existing domain
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Adding WordPress to existing domain

 *  [Gemini23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gemini23/)
 * (@gemini23)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-wordpress-to-existing-domain/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-wordpress-to-existing-domain/#post-7033584)
 * “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](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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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-wordpress-to-existing-domain/#post-7033584)
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