Title: Subfolder Installation
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Subfolder Installation

 *  [philipbenton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipbenton/)
 * (@philipbenton)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-installation-1/)
 * I’ve just installed W3 Total Cache on a development server but I am a little 
   unsure of if the setup is correct.
 * My WordPress Core files are in a subfolder with my root directory structure like
   this:
    - .htaccess
    - content
    - wp
    - index.php
    - config.php
 * The wp folder holds the WordPress Core and the content folder is the new wp-content
   directory.
 * W3 Total Cache asks me to update the .htaccess file with various settings but
   the file it references is a .htaccess file within the wp folder not the root 
   directory. This file does not yet exist. Should I create the file or should the
   content be within the root .htaccess file?
 * Secondly, I need to create a file w3tc-wp-loader.php within the content/plugins
   folder but the path the plugin is asking me to add is:
 *     ```
       <?php
         if (W3TC_WP_LOADING)
           require_once '/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/subs/testing/wp-load.php';
       ```
   
 * However the wp-load.php file is within the wp folder so the path should be:
 *     ```
       <?php
         if (W3TC_WP_LOADING)
           require_once '/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/subs/testing/wp/wp-load.php';
       ```
   
 * If I add the path I believe to be correct the plugin still shows as being incorrectly
   setup in the Dashboard.
 * Any advice would be appreciated.
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 * [subfolder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subfolder/)

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 * Last reply from: [philipbenton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipbenton/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-installation-1/)
 * Status: not resolved