Title: multiple blogs with apache alias
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# multiple blogs with apache alias

 *  [wmconlon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wmconlon/)
 * (@wmconlon)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-with-apache-alias/)
 * I’ve looked through some posts here on multiple blogs, as well as the instruction
   in the codex. It looks like everyone installs a complete wordpress application
   for every blog. Shelley ([http://weblog.burningbird.net/archives/2004/05/19/survival-guide-to-lamp-unlimited-weblogs/](http://weblog.burningbird.net/archives/2004/05/19/survival-guide-to-lamp-unlimited-weblogs/))
   posted an interesting approach using symlinks, but I’m curious if you can install
   a single wordpress application, and then use apache’s alias directive.
 * For example:
    1. install wordpress at /usr/local/apache2/php/wordpress
 * 2. create aliases within each virtual host, for example:
    <VirtualHost> ServerName
   [http://www.myblog.com](http://www.myblog.com) DocumentRoot /path-to-myblog/ 
   Alias /wordpress/ /usr/local/apache2/php/wordpress/ Alias /wordpress/wp-config.
   php /my-file-outside-web-root </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost> ServerName [http://www.yourblog.com](http://www.yourblog.com)
   DocumentRoot /path-to-yourblog/ Alias /wordpress/ /usr/local/apache2/php/wordpress/
   Alias /wordpress/wp-config.php /your-file-outside-web-root</VirtualHost>
 * Maybe there are some other files that also need to aliased to support other styles
   and plug-ins. But the essence is that there is a single instance of wordpress(
   easier to maintain and upgrade). The other part is that configuration info is
   NOT in the web root, which makes me more comfortable.
 * Anyone have an opinion on whether this approach makes sense?
 * thanks

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 *  [wduluoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wduluoz/)
 * (@wduluoz)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-with-apache-alias/#post-221087)
 * Skippy has a plugin to do something similiar to what you are suggestion. Its 
   called vhosts.
    You can find it here. [http://www.skippy.net/blog/2005/04/20/plugin-vhost/](http://www.skippy.net/blog/2005/04/20/plugin-vhost/)
 *  Thread Starter [wmconlon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wmconlon/)
 * (@wmconlon)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-with-apache-alias/#post-221088)
 * Interesting — a single blog used with multiple hosts.
 * Not what I’m after, though. I want multiple weblogs, but each using the same 
   wordpress php code. Mostly this is for ease of maintenance, so I only install
   once, though I configure each.
 * Perhaps my experience with non-php (mod-perl, speedy, JRun, Witango) app servers
   is skewing my perspective on this. But I would think that having a single php
   file instance would permit mod_php to cache and compile certain components, if
   not now at least in future versions.
 *  [tomhanna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhanna/)
 * (@tomhanna)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-with-apache-alias/#post-221103)
 * Sounds like WordPress Multiuser
 * [http://mu.wordpress.org/](http://mu.wordpress.org/)
    [http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/](http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/)
 *  [dingfelder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dingfelder/)
 * (@dingfelder)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-with-apache-alias/#post-221118)
 * any plan for implementing this type of functionality in the standard wordpress?
 *  [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/)
 * (@skippy)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-blogs-with-apache-alias/#post-221119)
 * There’s been talk about multi-blog options in future version of WordPress, but
   there’s no clearly defined criteria or timeline yet.

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