[wp-hackers] Using symlinks in WP installations

Daniel Fenn danielx386 at gmail.com
Sat May 12 07:51:38 UTC 2012


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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