[wp-hackers] Running several WordPress sites on the same server

[Chason Chaffin]

I would just use puppet or chef for something like this. As Brian said, the
file system should definitely be able to take 100 or so installs.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Brian Layman <wp-hackers at thecodecave.com>wrote:

> > I am looking to run several WordPress sites on a server. I'm talking like
> > 100+. [...]
>
> > How would this compare to more of a shared hosting type setup with vhosts
> > and a full copy of the wp source for each site. Any downside to my method
> > or other considerations I should be aware of?
>
> It's certainly doable, though I'd put the logic in the config file rather
> than hitting the DB right away. You'll be fighting occasional plugins that
> have wp-content/plugins hard coded and so you'll have to look at each
> plugin you add.  For only 100 or so on one server, I'd still just consider
> unique installs. The file system is not over burdened and the sites are
> kept independent with no chance of one site's hack affecting another site.
> So I'd just keep it simple.
>
> However, if you want to try something funky just to keep your install
> fresh.  You could always just create softlinks to the WP core
> subdirectories.  Then you aren't running any custom code and you're
> limiting your unique file list.  Updates will still have to update the web
> root for your 100 directories, but that's what scripts are for and you have
> no core hacks this way.
>
> Brian Layman
>
>
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