http://ask.metafilter.com/101009/Can-WordPress-and-WordPress-MU-play-nice-together/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Can WordPress and WordPress MU play nice together? Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:33:07 -0800 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:33:07 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/101009/Can-WordPress-and-WordPress-MU-play-nice-together Can <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress </a>and <a href="http://mu.wordpress.org/">WordPress MU</a> share a database? <br /><br /> I need to install WordPress MU on a site that already has the standard WordPress installed elsewhere, and the host has a one database limit. I know multiple installations of WordPress can share, but is the same true of MU? post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.101009 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:04:40 -0800 brundlefly wordpress wordpressmu weblog blog mysql database http://ask.metafilter.com/101009/Can-WordPress-and-WordPress-MU-play-nice-together#1467491 Yes. You need to give a different prefix (the default is usually wp_) to the database tables, which you can do in the wp-config.php file or in the setup window for MU. So, for example, all your MU tables will be wpmu_tablename, whereas your original WordPress tables are wp_tablename. <br> <br> The database is easy to keep conflicts to a minimum. The use of Apache redirects is a little tougher, but loads of folks have run the two side by side and there's good info (amid a bunch of noise) in the <a href="http://mu.wordpress.org/forums">MU forums.</a> comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.101009-1467491 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:33:07 -0800 annathea http://ask.metafilter.com/101009/Can-WordPress-and-WordPress-MU-play-nice-together#1467753 mu. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.101009-1467753 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:31:13 -0800 mezamashii