: I want to combine the databases from two different sites under one URL. How is this possible? I have a small site that I want to merge with a bigger one. Both on Wordpress. How can I

@Gretchen104

when I click on a category or a tag, posts from both sites/databases would appear


The easiest thing to do would be to export the content from Site 2 - the built-in exporter should be good enough for this - and then import it into Site 1. That should bring in the content without too many overall issues.

The things you will need to be careful about are:


Permalinks. Make sure both sites are using the same permalink pattern before merging.
Categories/Tags. To be safe, make sure Site 1 and Site 2 have the same taxonomies
Broken links. Some internal links on the Site 2 content will most likely break during import. You will need to run a search and replace on the database and replace all instances of site2.com with site1.com
Custom Functionality. If Site 2 has Custom Post Types or content is otherwise dependent on a plugin or custom functions, make sure those are replicated on Site before the import.


I strongly suggest creating a test version of Site 1 (if you don't have one already) and running a test import :)

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