Title: Will Separate WP installations create problems?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Will Separate WP installations create problems?

 *  [Twister85](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twister85/)
 * (@twister85)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-separate-wp-installations-create-problems/)
 * I’m asking this because my site has separate WP installations to have specific
   facilities which I can’t have on a single WP theme or installations.
 * Heres the story.
 * ABC.com is my main site
    I installed another WP on ABC.com/xyz and made it the
   forum by uploading a forum theme because my main theme doesn’t come with a forum(
   I don’t want to use forum plugins).
 * Now, I installed another WP on ABC.com/PQR and made it a membership site.
 * So my questions are.
    1. What should I do in order to have same user accounts
   and settings for all the installations? 2. When a user sign ups for one section(
   WP installation) It should automatically sign him up for other WP installations.
   3. Will it create any future problems or stability issues if I have my site broken
   down into different WP installations? 4. Will Multisite would be a better option
   for my case.
 * Answers are appreciated.

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 *  [shadez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadez/)
 * (@shadez)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-separate-wp-installations-create-problems/#post-5864523)
 * Read this: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs)
 * subdomain multisite install is definitely “easier” to install and manage and 
   is commonly used method, though i cannot judge the better of em.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-separate-wp-installations-create-problems/#post-5864633)
 * Easier is subjective. Not all hosts allow wildcard subdomains, so you have a 
   hassle with that AND single sign on :/
 * You can do this with Multisite if you wanted. It would share the user base, so
   that would solve #2 and #1.

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 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [separate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/separate/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-separate-wp-installations-create-problems/#post-5864633)
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