Multiple wordpress projects using local host in my computer

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I an using XAMPP and have(created) local host in my computer, but I only can work on one wordpress site now. How would I be able to have multiple wordpress sites under the same local host and can work simultaneously? I tried to add another folder, but failed to do so as I am jsut new to this.

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  1. you just need to open a new folder under htdocs and put the wordpress files there .

    One folder for each site .

    Your folder structure should look like :

    htdocs 
  ......www.site1.com
        .... wp-admin
        .... wp-content
        .... wp-includes 
             index.php
             all other wp files root directory...
  ......www.site2.com
  ......www.site3.com

    Or more precisely – like so :

    root folders

    where under each “root” folder you will have

    wp folder structure

    Then , in the wordpress install, you will need to change the database prefix in wp-config.php

    $table_prefix  = 'wp_site1_';

    then another one will be 

    $table_prefix  = 'wp_site2_';

    and so on ,,

    $table_prefix  = 'wp_my_coolsite_';

    You can use unlimited installs on one DB.
    It is also a good practice to change the Authentication Unique Keys and Salts , but not a must –
    I have above 90 myself – just remember to always use a different prefix .

    you can acces them with localhost/www.mysite.com/ ( of course, you do not have to use www – it is just a convention i use to help me track the sites on local…

  3. I can guess that you have put WordPress files in the very root of htdocs. I would suggest you to make a folder named wordpress there in htdocs and in the wordpress folder you can make as many folder as you want to create new new development sites.