Title: Separate WordPress installation or network
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Separate WordPress installation or network

 *  [steve-cooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve-cooke/)
 * (@steve-cooke)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/)
 * I already have a WP site running on a domain.
    I recently purchased 2 new domains
   and they are now hosted within a shared hosting package with 1&1. I’d like to
   have 2 new WordPress websites running on these 2 new domains. There will be no
   connection or common content between the domains. So, question 1 is which is 
   the best route forward: 2 more separate WP installs with separate databases or
   should I go for a network installation? I’m pretty inexperienced with WP so the
   simplest, least likely to go wrong option would be best, I think.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3526705)
 * have a read of this codex: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3526710)
 * If there’s no connection between them, I’d recommend going for multiple separate
   installs.
 *  Thread Starter [steve-cooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve-cooke/)
 * (@steve-cooke)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3526720)
 * t-p
    I’ve read the ‘Create a Network’ Codex several times. I must admit that 
   I don’t understand the difference between a Sub-domain and Sub-directory install
   so I’m not sure how to pick the right one. Esmi I might go down this route with
   separate installs.
 * If it helps, my current installation looks like: /logs, /wp-admin, /wp-content.
 *  [jakilevy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakilevy/)
 * (@jakilevy)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3526952)
 * Hi Steve – administering a network will be a better fit if you’re running many
   sites. You’re only running 2 sites. And even at 4 sites, it’s going to be more
   manageable to do separate installs.
 * Brian Casel from CasJam Media has a nice post of when NOT to use WP Multisite:
   [http://mashable.com/2012/07/26/beginner-guide-wordpress-multisite/](http://mashable.com/2012/07/26/beginner-guide-wordpress-multisite/)
 * Good luck!
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3526958)
 * Running a network is only a good idea if **all** of the sites are **related**
   to each other. This is because a network installation shares the main user-base.
   Any user on the system is automatically set as a subscriber on every other site
   in the network. Depending on what your end objective is, this may or may not 
   be a good thing, but in most cases it’s not.
 *  [Brendon Brown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigb159/)
 * (@bigb159)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3526981)
 * [@jakilevy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakilevy/) A good read, thanks.
   I’ve been considering moving all my separate sites to multisite setup for manageability,
   but that was the reality check i needed.
 *  [amda2008](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amda2008/)
 * (@amda2008)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3527081)
 * Since you have only 2 sites, then it would be better you try separate installation
   for each site.
    Point the domains to separate folders and install.
 *  Thread Starter [steve-cooke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve-cooke/)
 * (@steve-cooke)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separate-wordpress-installation-or-network/#post-3527082)
 * Thanks all for your help. I’ve gone with separate installs and it seemed to go
   well.

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