Title: wordpress subfolder
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# wordpress subfolder

 *  Resolved [angie_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angie_s/)
 * (@angie_s)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subfolder/)
 * hi!
    i have a website running with joomla, and now i want to create a subolder
   as a “test” for a new website with wordpress.
 * My question is: how many databases do i need? Can i link these 2 websites with
   the same database or i must create another one?
 * right now i need both sites running with the second as a test untill it’s done.
 * i would appreciate a quick response! thnx!

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 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subfolder/#post-5608246)
 * WordPress has its own set of database table_prefixes that likely could be placed
   in the same database alongside what you already have, but I have been told it
   would not be a good idea to have two sites sharing those tables. So unless you
   might truly need to do something like that, it would be best to let each site
   have its own database. And if you want to keep things tidy and labelled in an
   orderly manner, you can set the name of the new database and even its table_prefix
   prior to installation.
 * Running WordPress from a sub-folder such as mydomain.com/wordpress is easy to
   do. Just upload the WordPress zip to mydomain.com, then unzip it and send your
   browser to mydoman.com/wordpress/ unless you first do want to name the database
   yourself.
 *  Thread Starter [angie_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angie_s/)
 * (@angie_s)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subfolder/#post-5608284)
 * thank you!
 * i have another question about these databases…
 * how can i transfer the joomla db to the wordpress db?
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subfolder/#post-5608320)
 * I have no idea, but it can be done:
 * [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+transfer+joomla+database+to+wordpress](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+transfer+joomla+database+to+wordpress)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subfolder/#post-5608320)
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