Title: New multisite install in subfolder
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# New multisite install in subfolder

 *  Resolved [Tinkering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chantalcurtis/)
 * (@chantalcurtis)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-multisite-install-in-subfolder/)
 * I’m so sorry if this has been covered before – I keep finding old threads, and
   I am not sure how relevant they are anymore. I am completely redesigning an existing
   WordPress site. To the point that it is not doable to just update the theme etc.
   I’m even considering not using the existing database. In the meantime, the site
   needs to work, obviously. I will develop in subfolder (I usually do). But this
   time, due to the client wanting landing pages with subdomains, I thought it may
   be better to install a multisite. Is it possible to install a multisite into 
   a subfolder? I won’t be moving it afterwards – will it work the same as WP site
   that you can change the address on in admin?
 * I also don’t want to cahnge the existing installation to a multisite, as it is
   quite old, and has a gazillion plugins (I have inherited the site :))
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-multisite-install-in-subfolder/#post-5828396)
 * >  Is it possible to install a multisite into a subfolder?
 * Of course.
 * > ? I won’t be moving it afterwards – will it work the same as WP site that you
   > can change the address on in admin?
 * No it won’t. Do don’t that. If you want to do the ‘giving WordPress it’s own 
   directory’ trick with Multisite, you best do it BEFORE you activate multisite.
   Otherwise it’s a lot of DB massaging.
 * You’ll want to dev it either locally or in a subdomain and then move it: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Multisite](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Multisite)
 *  Thread Starter [Tinkering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chantalcurtis/)
 * (@chantalcurtis)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-multisite-install-in-subfolder/#post-5828455)
 * Thank you – all this would have been fanatastic, but the hosting comapny does
   not support multisite 🙁

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 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [subfolder install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subfolder-install/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [Tinkering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chantalcurtis/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-multisite-install-in-subfolder/#post-5828455)
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