[wp-hackers] Using symlinks in WP installations

[Brian Layman]

Yes, it definitely works and as Dion states having a separate wp-content 
directory solves several problems - including resolving conflicts with 
plugins that write cache or other files to the server.   Watch for that 
sort of conflict where one blog loads settings/information written by 
another blog.

Brian Layman


On 5/12/2012 3:57 AM, Dion Hulse (dd32) wrote:
> 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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>> Daniel Fenn
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