Question

How to install Wordpress in a subfolder?

Posted on August 19, 2019
Ubuntu 16.04 WordPress
Asked by Gabriel VB

I have a web app in a droplet, Ubuntu 16, with phpmyadmin and mysql, the webapp works fine, but I want to install a wordpress site in a subfolder of that web app, for blogging purposes, how can I do that?

I have tried this:

I have downloaded wordpress and place the files into a subfolder, like : https://webapp.com/blog physically , the web app files are in the home folder, so I have placed the wordpress files inside a folder there named “blog”. like this: /home/user/webapp/blog
In PhpMyAdmin I have imported the wordpress database.

But the wordpress site doesn’t run.

Any help is appreciated.

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KFSys

Site Moderator

• August 20, 2019

Accepted Answer

Hi @GabrielVB,

Your method is correct! Basically, you can place the files in the blog folder and then load it to start the wordpress installation process.

Regarding the database, you just need to create a blank one and let wordpress import it’s files.

Please try to re-install it and let me know how it goes. If it still fails, please let me know what error do you get.

Kind Regards, Kalin D.

Gabriel VB • August 20, 2019

Hi, its working . Thank you. Wordpress site is up and running. Apparently , the webapp was blocking somehow the folder “blog” so Ive renamed it to “b” and then the wordrpress started to work.