title: Multiple WordPress Installs on the same domain
body: <p>I'm finding that I'm using WordPress quite a lot for the smaller portfolio sites. I'd like to fix my development cycle.</p>
  
  <p>The main issue I'm having is understanding how to install multiple instances of WordPress on a single domain. The reason for this is the reluctance to keep setting up new domain names in Apache in order to separate the multiple sites I'm working on.</p>
  
  <p>Let me be clear that I want different versions of WordPress with links to different databases, separate MySQL users etc. I don't need the MultiSite feature. I'm happy to leverage subdomains to achieve this, but ultimately I was hoping that I could install them on different paths:</p>
  
  <p><code>www.devsite.com/wordpress1 -&gt; WordPress Site 1</code></p>
  
  <p><code>www.devsite.com/wordpress2 -&gt; WordPress Site 2</code></p>
  
  <p>To further complicate I'm running a Node proxy app that is listening on port 80, and redirecting requests to the correct port number (which Apache is listening on) using <a href="https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy" rel="nofollow">node-http-proxy</a>.</p>
  
  <p>So...</p>
  
  <p>I have the correct path proxying to the correct port on Apache, but WordPress isn't playing nice with regards to its interpretation of the paths. I'm still in the 'installing' stage, and it is trying to access <code>www.devsite.com/wp-admin/install.php</code> instead of <code>www.devsite.com/wordpress1/wp-admin/install.php</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Is it even possible to run completely different WordPress sites based on a different domain/directory path? Or will I have to utilise subdomains?</p>