I tried this guide (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-multiple-wordpress-sites-using-multisite) but I can’t figure out how to set different domains.
I also prefer having separate Wordpress installations.
Should I just copy Wordpress into different folders (e.g. /var/www/blog1, /var/www/blog2) and then configure multiple sites on Apache?
Thanks.
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Hi there,
You could follow the steps from this video on how to host multiple WordPress websites on the same server with Apache Virtual Hosts:
Essentially, what needs to happen is:
- Download a new copy of WordPress with the
wgetcommand:
wget wordpress.org/latest.zip
- After that extract the files
unzip latest.zip
- Then move the files to the
/var/www/folder:
mv wordpress /var/www/your_site.com
- Then set the owner of the file to the Apache2 user:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/your_site.com
- After that copy the existing Apache config:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_site.conf
- Then enable the new site:
sudo a2ensite
- Run a configtest:
sudo apachectl -t
- If you get
Syntax OKreload Apache:
sudo systemctl reload apache2
- Then create a new MySQL database and username. To create the database first access MySQL:
mysql
Then run the following queries:
CREATE DATABASE wp_site;
CREATE USER 'wp_site'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'use_secure_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp_site.* TO 'wp_site'@'%' WITH GREANT OPTION;
- Finally, access the site via your web browser to finish the installation.
Hope that this helps. Regards, Bobby
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@xubacode: Check out <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-multiple-wordpress-sites-on-a-single-ubuntu-vps”>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-multiple-wordpress-sites-on-a-single-ubuntu-vps</a>.
I want to install 5-10 different wordpress websites with diferent domains .could you do it for me.and what wuld you charge for that <br>
“Should I just copy Wordpress into different folders (e.g. /var/www/blog1, /var/www/blog2) and then configure multiple sites on Apache?” <br> <br>Yes, exaclty. I do the same with my Drupal sites here on DO, and at work on our dedicated servers with a mix of Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla and static sites.