Title: WordPress folder on one server, index.php on another
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress folder on one server, index.php on another

 *  Resolved [lydiat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lydiat/)
 * (@lydiat)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-folder-on-one-server-indexphp-on-another/)
 * I’m using WordPress as a back-end for a website and my boss wants me to keep 
   the WordPress folder on an intranet server for security purposes, with the index.
   php on a different server. In General Options I’ve set the WordPress address 
   and blog address to the correct servers, and in the index.php I’ve set the require
   to (‘[http://other.server.com/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php&#8217](http://other.server.com/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php&#8217););
   
   so far, the index.php shows nothing. Does anyone have experience with any of 
   this? What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for the help.

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 *  [silpstream](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silpstream/)
 * (@silpstream)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-folder-on-one-server-indexphp-on-another/#post-422526)
 * I’ve not tried this, but it would help to know what version of PHP and the platform
   you are on. For Windows, anything prior to 4.3.0 doesn’t support http in the 
   require function.
 * However, on the side I fail to see how this makes it more secure. Wouldn’t setting
   up 2 vlans and mapping the remote drive over with security in between, be cleaner
   and easier to manage?
 *  Thread Starter [lydiat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lydiat/)
 * (@lydiat)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-folder-on-one-server-indexphp-on-another/#post-422535)
 * Resolved! Instead of requiring the wp-blog-header file from the other server,
   I simply required the index.php.
 * Silpstream, thanks for your suggestion.
 *  [silpstream](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silpstream/)
 * (@silpstream)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-folder-on-one-server-indexphp-on-another/#post-422542)
 * lol… that would have been a method that I wouldn’t have thought up. An index.
   php file that includes a remote index.php file… ;-p
 * Good thinking!!! Glad you fixed it!

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