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WordPress

Alexander Ayala
Alexander Ayala
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Posted by Alexander Ayala
Alexander Ayala
4,023 Points

Does every wordpress local install need a seperate database and username?

Just curious if every wordpress local install need a seperate database and username in MAMP? I'm gonna start setting up other wordpress sites now and I was just curious! Thanks!

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

:tropical_drink: Yes every WordPress instance (local or hosted) needs a separate db and user, it is what makes up instance.

But, wait, there's more...

WordPress also provides a Multi-Site feature that might be worth investigating.

Check out the WordPress Codex for your documentation enjoyment.

:palm_tree:

1 Answer

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
8,758 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
8,758 Points

Yes and no.

Tables in a database yes, you can separate them with different prefixes but user could be the same for all local.

This is advised only for local. For a dev/staging or production server you would not want to do that. You would setup different users for each one then give them access to it and it only.