[wp-hackers] Using symlinks in WP installations

Dion Hulse (dd32) wordpress at dd32.id.au
Sat May 12 07:57:36 UTC 2012


I run a similar setup as well, Common WordPress directory symlinked
into each site, I usually have a per-site content directory though.
One thing of note, is this:
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16953

It's not that much effort to set up a single test site and see how you
go though.

On 12 May 2012 17:51, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> One issue is that when you upgrade plugin you may run into issues
> where the database may need to be updated.
>
> On 5/12/12, Jesper Jarlskov <jesper at jarlskov.dk> wrote:
>> I run a server that has a couple of installs like this which runs fine.
>>
>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Neil Pie's Bacon
>> <bacon at neilpie.co.uk>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I am wondering if there are likely to be any issues with using
>>> symlinks to run multiple installs of WP from one set of core, plugin
>>> and theme files, and thought it might be a good idea to post here.
>>>
>>> I'm currently playing with a setup where everything in my DocumentRoot
>>> directories are actually symlinks to a central install with the
>>> exception of WP-content and .htaccess. Inside WP-content, both /themes
>>> and /plugins are also symlinks.
>>>
>>> I'm not really looking to this as a solution for production, but have
>>> been playing around with it on a whole bunch of dev and staging sites.
>>> Apart from running into file path related problems with some plugins,
>>> everything seems fine. Can anyone foresee any problems hiding around
>>> the corner waiting to bite me if all the appropriate constants are set
>>> in WP-config?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Neil
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