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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Should I install in root directory or subdirectory?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-i-install-in-root-directory-or-subdirectory/)
 *  [cpreissing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpreissing/)
 * (@cpreissing)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-i-install-in-root-directory-or-subdirectory/#post-1380393)
 * Hello Everyone.
    Another “newbie” here. The Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
   document is very good. But my case is just a bit different, unless I’ve missed
   something. A little background. I run a small… er, micro publishing company. 
   Before reading this I thought that I’d like to have a different WordPress iteration
   for each author I represent, all linked to a static/standard html home page. 
   So I went ahead and install my first iteration (first author) to a subdirectory
   and have been merrily adding content. Then I realized that I could use WordPress
   to make a static home page. So what I want to do is to keep everything I’ve done,
   but create a static home page in the root directory based on the same template
   without messing up what I’ve done.
 * According to what I am reading I can keep the current WP installation in the 
   subdirectory and just change the Blog Address to the root directory URL (step
   4 in the above document) and save changes (step 5). I can skip step 6 because
   the core files are already installed in the subdirectory I want them in. Then
   I need to execute steps 7-11 (not sure I have permalinks or not. How would I 
   know?
 * Does the above sound correct? And will it screw up the content I have created
   in the subdirectory?
    thanks for the help.

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