Title: Test site?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Test site?

 *  [christinawiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christinawiler/)
 * (@christinawiler)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-site-1/)
 * Is it possible to set up and install an entire wordpress site as sort of a “test”
   or maybe not live before moving the DNS of my domain name to the new hosting 
   service?
 * I’m trying to build a new wordpress site for a client that doesn’t want their
   current HTML site to be down in the process.
 * Thanks for your help.
    Christina

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-site-1/#post-1734001)
 * You can always install wordpress in a folder and work on it and if you still 
   want to keep it private make it a password protect folder that only you know 
   the password.
 * so you would have [http://domainname.com/folder](http://domainname.com/folder)
 *  Thread Starter [christinawiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christinawiler/)
 * (@christinawiler)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-site-1/#post-1734005)
 * I think I’m confused. The only way I’ve ever installed WP is through my hosting
   company and I always have to do a DNS change before I am able to actually work
   on the site in WP-admin. However, this time I don’t want to do the DNS change
   until my site is all done.
 * Are you maybe talking about installing WP in another way?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-site-1/#post-1734011)
 * You can install wordpress on same domain name no DNS change
 * Say your client has website on [http://domianname.com](http://domianname.com)
   this website stays as is still live.
 * Now you go on same host account if he/she has given you login details create 
   a folder in public_html
 * Install wordpress in that folder and you will work in that folder with wordpress
 * so you will [http://domain](http://domain) name.com/folder for your wordpress
   and to log in admin you will have [http://domain](http://domain) name.com/folder/
   wp-admin
 * The present website will still be live.

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