Title: Multiple install database considerations
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Multiple install database considerations

 *  [Kalli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalli/)
 * (@kalli)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-install-database-considerations/)
 * I plan on using multiple WordPress installs to give the appearance of having 
   more than one blogs (or blog-like pages) on my web.
 * I see I can either do this by using one database for them all or one per install.
   I can do either and don’t mind the installing, but which would be handier for
   maintenance and especially backups?
 * For the page I currently have, which uses WordPress, I’ve used that handy backup
   plugin. Well, I like it but I’ve never had the need to restore the database.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-install-database-considerations/#post-495352)
 * I, personally, find it easier for backups with multiple blogs in one database.
   Others may have different opinions though.
 * The built-in backup plugin will get ’em all if you manually check all the boxes
   for the other blogs’ tables.
 * You might look over[Installing_Multiple_Blogs](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs).
 *  Thread Starter [Kalli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalli/)
 * (@kalli)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-install-database-considerations/#post-495378)
 * Thanks, I had already looked that one over. The question of maintenance was the
   big thing.
 * I’m guessing that restoring the databases will not be a problem with this method?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-install-database-considerations/#post-495404)
 * Restoring is easier this way — but keep in mind that by default you’ll restore
   ALL blogs in the db unless you go table by table.
 * If you feel you’ll have more situations where you only want to restore one blog
   but not others (for whatever reason), then perhaps one db per blog then makes
   more sense.
 *  Thread Starter [Kalli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalli/)
 * (@kalli)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-install-database-considerations/#post-495451)
 * I think I’m getting the idea and I will go with one database. I’ve done a lot
   of backing up, but never needed to restore anything so I’ll rather have quick
   and easy backups. Thanks!

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