Title: Using wordpress to complement existing php site
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Using wordpress to complement existing php site

 *  [Monkan80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monkan80/)
 * (@monkan80)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-to-complement-existing-php-site/)
 * I have an existing older site programmed in php with no discernable back-end 
   making it very cumbersome to update and keep current for google. Site: [http://www.fireinvent.com](http://www.fireinvent.com).
   As money is tight, we need to find a solution where we can work on updating for
   SEO without redoing the entire site (which would be preferable).
 * My question is – can I install wordpress to create a new front page and blog 
   on the same domain as the existing site without creating a problem? The structure
   I would like to create is: //domain.com and //domain.com/blog to be in wordpress.//
   domain.com links directly in to the existing site, retaining existing url structure.
   Is this a reasonable way to solve our dilemma? If yes, what pitfalls do you foresee?
 * Grateful for any help as my coding savvy stops at html with ftp upload and wordpress.
   com.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-to-complement-existing-php-site/#post-4372039)
 * All you need to do is install WordPress in a sub-folder called blog. Your current
   site should not be affected in any way.
 *  Thread Starter [Monkan80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monkan80/)
 * (@monkan80)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-to-complement-existing-php-site/#post-4372210)
 * Thank you. Just to clarify – if I install WordPress in a blog sub-folder – can
   I make this my home page for the .com domain as well?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-to-complement-existing-php-site/#post-4372220)
 * Yes – if you use the method described in [Allow WordPress to take over the root domain](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install).
 *  Thread Starter [Monkan80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monkan80/)
 * (@monkan80)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-to-complement-existing-php-site/#post-4372221)
 * Thank you!

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