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WordPress Local WordPress Development Local WordPress Development Installing WordPress Locally

Daniel Oropeza
Daniel Oropeza
4,432 Points
Posted by Daniel Oropeza
Daniel Oropeza
4,432 Points

Do I have to run this install of wordpress for each of my local sites?

For example, say I have run the install for localwp.com

I have three more domains running wordpress that I want to customize locally. examplesite1.com examplesite2.com examplesite3.com

they are all under my htdocs folder.

Will I have to install worpress for each site or can I just copy and paste the contents of localwp.com to the other domains?

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

You'll have to install it each time. Each install would need it's own wp-config file, it's own database, it's own user login credentials. The core wp files could be more or less copied over short of the wp-config file would need updated.

If you research, multi-site allows you to run multiple sites from one set up, but I wouldn't do it here. It's not the intention of a multi-site. What you are describing is 3 unique and separate sites, and I would keep it as such.

Daniel Oropeza
Daniel Oropeza
4,432 Points
Daniel Oropeza
Daniel Oropeza
4,432 Points

Thanks Kevin I'll definitely look into running a multi-site in the future. Thanks for the fast response.