Title: WordPress Only as a CMS
Last modified: May 24, 2020

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# WordPress Only as a CMS

 *  [anirudhrofficial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anirudhrofficial/)
 * (@anirudhrofficial)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-only-as-a-cms-2/)
 * Is there a way in which I can use WordPress only as a CMS
    That is I have already
   developed a website using HTML,CSS,Javascript and have hosted it. I am not keen
   on recreating it on WordPress. So can I in any way integrate the website with
   WordPress for CMS?
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-only-as-a-cms-2/#post-12883688)
 * Yes, the .htaccess file that WordPress uses specifically checks each request.
   If it’s an existing file or directory, then it is served. Otherwise, the index.
   php file of WordPress is loaded (which then figures out what content to show 
   based on the request).
    You can install WordPress in a subfolder and have it 
   only active there, or it can reside in a folder and still affect the root domain.
   It just depends on how you want your URLs to look.
 *  Thread Starter [anirudhrofficial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anirudhrofficial/)
 * (@anirudhrofficial)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-only-as-a-cms-2/#post-12883716)
 * Thanks Joy.
    I didn’t get a good hold of it. Can you delve deeper on how to do
   it or are there any links which could help me out? Many of the links which I 
   came across are either obsolete or end up confusing me
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-only-as-a-cms-2/#post-12883791)
 * You don’t say which part is confusing.
    So, you have your existing site, perhaps
   with folders:
 *     ```
       example.com  (this is the root)
         /images
         /sometopic
         /whatever
       ```
   
 * Your site has its URLs like example.com and example.com/sometopic/mydetails.htm.
   
   Now you want to add more, dynamically. The more that you add with WP can be in
   the root (example.com itself or example.com/mynewpage) or in a folder (example.
   com/CMS/mydynamicpage) or just look like it’s in a folder (example.com/category/
   newcategory). If you want all the new “CMS” stuff to have the same URL, just 
   put WordPress in a folder of that name and you’re done. But if you want to merge
   the new stuff amongst the existing site, you can do that also, if you are careful
   that you won’t be using the same names for new categories and pages as your existing
   files. WordPress can be in a folder or in the root. Even if it’s in a folder,
   it can control the root (just putting two files in the root).
 * First decide what you want your URLs to look like. Then that will inform how 
   to install WordPress.
 * > [Using Permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-permalinks/)
 *  Thread Starter [anirudhrofficial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anirudhrofficial/)
 * (@anirudhrofficial)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-only-as-a-cms-2/#post-12896205)
 * Thank you so much Joy ❤️.
 * I actually wanted to edit content dynamically
    Like a client should be able to
   do that without any coding. I stumbled upon ACF and it solved my problem as I
   created a wordpress theme and then used ACF

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