Title: what folder do I install wordpress into
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# what folder do I install wordpress into

 *  [alltrue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alltrue/)
 * (@alltrue)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-folder-do-i-install-wordpress-into/)
 * I’m using control panel and would like to use word press as my content management
   system. Do I just place it in [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com) 
   or should it be [http://www.domain.com/blog](http://www.domain.com/blog)???
 * thanks
    Josh

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 *  [wordprest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordprest/)
 * (@wordprest)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-folder-do-i-install-wordpress-into/#post-1269998)
 * wherever you prefer.
 *  [Chad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynneandchad/)
 * (@lynneandchad)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-folder-do-i-install-wordpress-into/#post-1270115)
 * It really depends on your situation. If you have an existing website that you
   want to “add” a wordpress blog to, then you can create a subdirectory to place
   it in…. such as domain.com/blog in your example.
 * If you are creating a brand new site, I would install it in the root. You can
   always set up a different home page and move the blog posts using the Settings
   >> Reading in your dashboard. Useful if you want a splashpage about you/your 
   company to welcome readers and your blog posts on a subpage (which would still
   be accessed as domain.com/blog).

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