Title: Installing WP in separate folder
Last modified: November 30, 2023

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# Installing WP in separate folder

 *  [turkeytrooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/turkeytrooper/)
 * (@turkeytrooper)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wp-in-separate-folder/)
 * I want to have my hosting service install WordPress on a separate folder on a
   non-WordPress site I own and use this installation to develop WP sites behind
   a un/password I will later sell to prospective clients and then migrate the developed
   site to their domain once the sale is done.
 * I’m not even sure this will work, but I have acquaintances and existing clients
   with old, outdated sites and I believe the prospect of a new fully functional
   ready-to-go with minor revisions site at a reasonable price will be appealing.
 * From an experience level, I have built rudimentary WP sites in the past and managed
   WP sites built by someone else. I intend to do my new sites with Elementor.
 * I’m presuming the address for such a site would be something in the order of 
   [https://mysite.com/wordpress/developedsite](https://mysite.com/wordpress/developedsite)
 * Can someone steer me in the right direction? If this is the wrong forum for this
   subject, please point me to the appropriate one,
 * Thanks to those who know  more than me,
 * Joe
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by [turkeytrooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/turkeytrooper/).
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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wp-in-separate-folder/#post-17243787)
 * That will work. Were I work, we do that with development sites and it’s not a
   problem. The only potential issue is if you’re using a Network (multi-site) site
   as they can be a bit more tricky in the set up, but for a normal WordPress site,
   it’s all fine.
 *  [Rajnish Vijya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajnishvijya/)
 * (@rajnishvijya)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wp-in-separate-folder/#post-17245094)
 * It’s simple Create a folder wordpress/developedsite within your hosting directory.
   Install WordPress in this folder during the setup.
 *  [Samedi S. Amba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skyoyugi/)
 * (@skyoyugi)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wp-in-separate-folder/#post-17259896)
 * Hi [@turkeytrooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/turkeytrooper/)
 * I agree with [@catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
   and [@rajnishvijya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajnishvijya/). You’ll
   need to consider the future needs of your web hosting. You can use the folder
   approach as you intend to.
 * Another thing to add is that you may want to do a “no follow” approach (to avoid
   search engines spying on your demo content, if you’ll use placeholders for your
   demo).
 *  [Patrick Lumumba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lumiblog/)
 * (@lumiblog)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-wp-in-separate-folder/#post-17333767)
 * I think the best is to create a folder in your web hosting managerand install
   WordPress in there. Can run on a subdomain or in a subdirectory… something like
   youerwebsite.com/directory

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 * Last reply from: [Patrick Lumumba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lumiblog/)
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