Title: Nesting WordPress Installations?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Nesting WordPress Installations?

 *  [LizFilardi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lizfilardi/)
 * (@lizfilardi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nesting-wordpress-installations/)
 * Hey,
 * Is it possible to nest installations of wordpress in one domain?
 * For example, I’d like to install a main site with wordpress at:
 * [http://example.com](http://example.com)
 * with a blog-style site with another installation of wordpress at:
 * [http://example.com/blog](http://example.com/blog)
 * and a forum-style site with bbpress at:
 * [http://example.com/blog/forum](http://example.com/blog/forum)
 * is this crazy? i’m experiencing database errors so i’m wondering if this something
   that is not recommended. i don’t want to upgrade my web hosting to a private 
   server, so wordpressMU is out of the question. Can anyone comment on this issue
   and/or recommend an alternative?
 * thanks.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nesting-wordpress-installations/#post-1389038)
 * sure you can do it
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs)
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nesting-wordpress-installations/#post-1389045)
 * If you are using a single database ensure each WP installation has a different
   table prefix specified in wp-config.php. You should never use the default table
   prefix wp_ if you are at all concerned about security anyway.
 *  Thread Starter [LizFilardi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lizfilardi/)
 * (@lizfilardi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nesting-wordpress-installations/#post-1389055)
 * Thanks everyone. I panicked a little because i had to reinstall a blog and forgot
   to change the table prefix in the new wp-config.php file. resulted in all sorts
   of weird errors.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nesting-wordpress-installations/#post-1389097)
 * Is this a valid question “why not just one install to handle that?” With a static
   front page, and a forum plugin.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nesting-wordpress-installations/#post-1389097)
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