Hi,
I’m going to explain my problem with a fictional setting. I hope it’s illustrative enough.
I have a website xyz.com, dealing with home decor. It has multiple categories, that cover specific things like curtains, coffee tables, and such.
Now, I’d like to have a few articles more specific to a separate niche, dish washers. However, I don’t want this content to overwhelm the normal page for xyz.com, since this isn’t a category I’ve focused on, or even in the same niche.
My line of thought is to create a new directory within the current wordpress, e.g. xyz.com/dishwasher. I think this essentially becomes a different install, so while I stay within the same domain name, I can handle it without showing up on the xyz.com page.
If I go through with this, should I consider moving to WP multisite setup (handling xyz.com and xyz.com/dishwasher, etc), keep them separate installs, or is there a different, better way to go about this?
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Listen if your website or domain is OLDER than 30 days, you cannot switch to using sub directory such as cuz.com/dishwasher
You will be forced to use subdomains such as
Dishwasher.xyz.com
There is a workaround but it can cause you issues and the workaround is technical in nature.
I would just go with using Multisite subdomains such as
Curtains.xyz.com
Dishwasher.xyz.com
Just use categories. Most page builders allow you to choose what categories to show on the homepage. A coder can always write something for you if you aren’t using a pagebuilder/Gutenberg – it’s fairly basic. There is certainly no need to go the Multisite route for something so simple, and that will only complicate things longterm.