# Pros and cons of a multisite installation

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [June 24, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-a-multisite-installation/90584 "2018-06-24T10:03:27Z")\
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The easiest option is to ignore my advice and live with the fact that your existing install is the first one 🙂

If you do want to convert, you could always create a backup, set up your new multisite installation including the first dummy instance and your first “real” multisite instance for the existing domain, then restore the backup.

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