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Host a site on a subdomain instead of a subdirectory for better control over DNS and support features.
Hosting WordPress in a subdirectory on WP Engine is not recommended due to potential server issues affecting the main site.
Using a subdomain configuration ensures full utilization of support and special features on WP Engine.
Learn about using a reverse proxy with WP Engine for enhanced site security and performance.
We advise not to install a WordPress installation into a sub-directory like domain.com/blog. This article explains why and recommendations for alternatives.
WP Engine does not support hosting WordPress® in a subdirectory outside of multisite configurations.1 This means you cannot host a website on WP Engine as domain.com/blog.
If you have a WordPress installation that is going to share a domain with another website you will instead want to use a subdomain setup like blog.domain.com.
Note
Subsites of Subdirectory multisite installations can successfully be mapped to domain.com/blog, but we wouldn’t recommend using a multisite configuration only as a means to accomplish subdirectory hosting.
Having your installation live in /blog is not recommended for various reasons. Traffic would need to be proxied over from the original server, which means if the server for your main site domain.com goes down, so will your WP Engine site domain.com/blog site. In such an event, WP Engine wouldn’t be able to assist at all. The same holds true to any latency that may be present on the main site’s server, or in the connection between the two servers.
Using the /blog configuration on our platform will also bypass several key features that we implement, most notably the Staging environments and Backups.
If this type of configuration is absolutely necessary, WP Engine technicians will not be able assist during setup. Additionally, we’ll be limited in the amount of support we can provide for your site.
We do understand that there are a good number of users that prefer this configuration; however, we strongly recommend converting over to and using the sub-domain configuration instead. This ensures that you have full control over your site’s DNS, and you can make full utilization of our support and special features.
