Title: installation directory?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# installation directory?

 *  [jpettit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpettit/)
 * (@jpettit)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-directory/)
 * i’ve seen the info in the documentation regarding changing WordPress to show 
   in root:
    [http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/different-address/](http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/different-address/)
 * i would like to have my weblog show in the root as well. i currently have 1.2.1
   installed and running in [http://www.domain.com/wordpress](http://www.domain.com/wordpress).
   Other than the obvious (separating WP into separate directory), why do i care,
   or need to have WP installed in /wordpress?
    Could i just have installed into
   the root? Why should i/shouldn’t i do that? Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-directory/#post-124955)
 * You don’t have to install it in /wordpress/. You can install it into any directory.
 *  Thread Starter [jpettit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpettit/)
 * (@jpettit)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-directory/#post-124956)
 * but is there any reasons for doing this, or against doing it?
 *  [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * (@nuclearmoose)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-directory/#post-124959)
 * It’s all just personal preference. On some sites, I have it in subdirectories,
   while others are in the root.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-directory/#post-124959)
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