Title: Install WordPress for local development
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Install WordPress for local development

 *  [mrling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrling/)
 * (@mrling)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-wordpress-for-local-development/)
 * I am installing WordPress onto my computer for multiple sites using wamp and 
   want to know if I should include the “wordpress” folder/directory, or take the
   files out of it and copy them directly into my site’s folder (c://wamp/www/mysite/
   or d://websites/mysite1/)?
 * Using my FTP client to look at my remote WordPress install, I noticed the directory
   structure like this:
    “/public_html/wordpress/” …with some other site files such
   as: .htaccess, error log, index.php …and folders such as: images, css, cgi-bin,
   _notes …located outside the wordpress folder. *I am confused as to why these 
   files are outside the “wordpress” directory on my public host.
 * On my PC, so far I have it structured like this:
    “/wamp/www/mysite1/wordpress/”…
   would it be better to install it like this?: “/wamp/www/mysite1” –>with the wordpress
   files taken out of the “wordpress” folder, and directly copied into the “mysite1”
   folder *The problem I see with this is if I end up needing the former directory
   structure (/wamp/www/mysite1/wordpress) to hold the files and folders found outside
   the wordpress folder on my public host.

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 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-wordpress-for-local-development/#post-3526215)
 * Not familiar with WAMP, but try using “virtual hosts” if you want to use WAMP
   for multiple sites.
    Here are some tutorials for this: [http://www.trailheadinteractive.com/creating_multiple_virtual_sites_a_single_apache_install_windows_xp](http://www.trailheadinteractive.com/creating_multiple_virtual_sites_a_single_apache_install_windows_xp)
   [http://www.codeforest.net/multiple-virtual-hosts-in-wamp](http://www.codeforest.net/multiple-virtual-hosts-in-wamp)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-wordpress-for-local-development/#post-3526221)
 * “/wamp/www/mysite1” should work just fine.
 *  Thread Starter [mrling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrling/)
 * (@mrling)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-wordpress-for-local-development/#post-3526374)
 * [@keesie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesie/), thank you, but I’ve already
   read that tutorial and others until my eyes were bleeding. I actually have virtual
   hosts working, but am just wondering if there are any rules of setting of the
   directory that work best for development servers.
 * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/), ok, so you think I shouldn’t
   just drop the whole ‘/wordpress’ folder in there with all the files inside it,
   but copy and paste all the files inside the ‘/wordpress’ folder into ‘/mysite1’
   folder?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-wordpress-for-local-development/#post-3526387)
 * I don’t think it really matters but dropping the “wordpress” folder won’t harm
   anything and gives you shorter urls. I’ve got about 6 local installs running 
   on my dev server – each with site urls along the lines of [http://local_address/folder_name](http://local_address/folder_name).
 *  Thread Starter [mrling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrling/)
 * (@mrling)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-wordpress-for-local-development/#post-3526417)
 * I dropped the wordpress folder and installed directly into /wamp/www/mysite, 
   and now I am getting the site but no css styling? Have any clue why this is?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-wordpress-for-local-development/#post-3526419)
 * Was this a fresh install into /wamp/www/mysite with a fresh database?

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