Comments on: Setup Two (or Multiple) Blogs in WordPress

By: Rajneesh

Rajneesh — Fri, 14 May 2010 10:47:00 +0000

Really nice blog , nice them too.

By: timmyjohnboy

timmyjohnboy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:07:22 +0000

As it turns out, in the release of WordPress 3.0 we will have the merger of WP and WPMU. What that means for the topic at hand? Not sure. It may just help solve it though:)

By: marfi

marfi — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:42:34 +0000

Hm, on this part “Do you need two separate, independent feeds for both blogs with separate subscriber tracking?” couldn't this also be tracked per directory/tag even if you run one blog, I am sure there are services for this. I would rather run one blog with multiple categories so I can spend less time and be more effective in promoting and optimizing the stuff.

By: abrudtkuhl

abrudtkuhl — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:25:22 +0000

I agree

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:51:00 +0000

I would say if there is a possibility of someday having over 2. Easier to use it from the start.

By: abrudtkuhl

abrudtkuhl — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:43:36 +0000

Yea I'd say anything over 2

By: Mahendra

Mahendra — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:21 +0000

Andy,

Thanks! I guess I should have at least mentioned WPMU in the post. I wonder at what point it becomes optimal to use MU – 3 blogs or 4?

By: abrudtkuhl

abrudtkuhl — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:18:20 +0000

Great overview!

Couple points - If you are going to be setting up multiple WP blogs, do so with WordPress MU. believe me - it will save you headaches down the road if you continue adding blogs. Why? It's so much easier to update one set of core files than many.. Also you can manage plugins and themes much easier.

I always install WP in the root - for SEO purposes it's a no-brainer.

As far as after installation goes - I configure, setup backups first thing (http://bit.ly/backupplugin), then Seo/Google plugins, etc

By: Mahendra

Mahendra — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:14:45 +0000

Priyank,

You are right. It should be the other way round! Many thanks for pointing it out.

By: Priyank

Priyank — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:51:39 +0000

Hi Mahendra,

I agree with all your arguments and indeed that's why I did exactly what you did (except that I no longer point my travel blog to the root.)

Oh, why do you say: "Is heavy traffic and site performance a consideration? In that case, using a single database might help site optimization." Wouldn't it be better to have separate databases to keep them from interfering? Simply because having too many tables and entries in one database but queried by two different blogs sounds kinda cumbersome, especially if you (and you will) use cache plugins.