Title: Why install to root folder?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Why install to root folder?

 *  [anekanta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anekanta/)
 * (@anekanta)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-install-to-root-folder/)
 * Hey there,
 * I’m wondering: What are the advantages and disadvantages of installing WP to 
   the root vs. a subfolder?
 * I’m starting my website with a blog, but want to expand it later to include other
   non-blog content. This suggests I should use a subfolder and redirect from the
   front page to the blog page until the rest of the site is up.
 * On the other hand, I’m concerned that doing this will mess up my search engine
   optimization, and make it harder for my blog to get noticed. Is this true? What
   are my options?
 * Thanks,
    Anekanta

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 *  [ryans149](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryans149/)
 * (@ryans149)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-install-to-root-folder/#post-1210106)
 * You are starting wp in a subfolder, are you planning then to move it to main 
   folder ever? Then you will have a lot of 404’s, as old links will not work
 * if you are not gonna move ever, there NO disadvantage of a subfolder..
 *  [Kailash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kailash1/)
 * (@kailash1)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-install-to-root-folder/#post-1210108)
 * If you are planning put some other contents on the root of your web site, I suggest
   you to install wordpress in sub-folder.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-install-to-root-folder/#post-1210149)
 * > Then you will have a lot of 404’s, as old links will not work
 * that is simply not true if moved properly
 * also, you can use wp for just about anything
    you can have a static front page
   with posts assigned to a blog page – you can have as many static pages as you
   want in fact

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-install-to-root-folder/#post-1210149)
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