Issue switching from default wordpress URL "/wp" to root URL

mastertatto · Mar 20, 2015

Hey BHW. I'm very new to web development and recently set up a new website. My main issue right now that I want to fix before moving forward is simply moving my website URL from the wordpress default suffix "/wp" to the root address (apologies for not giving a more clear example; BHW prohibits me from typing in an actual URL due to the fact that I'm a newbie to the forums). I've already spent numerous hours trying to figure this out, but have had no luck. Would appreciate the advice!

xvmon · Mar 20, 2015

you can find out more from youtube....there are some tutorials on that.

if i not wrong, you can do it by configuring your .htaccess or wordpress settings.

Gogol · Mar 20, 2015

download the sql, back it up and open in a text editor such as notepad++. Then go to find and replace, search for mysite.com/wp and replace with mysite.com (remember, no http:// or www, or ending slashes. Just do what I mentioned). Now, save the sql file and import it dropping the old db.

If you had a permalink scheme enabled, then login to wp-admin, go to settings->permalink, and resave the structure. That will rewrite the .htaccess file automatically.

Stablebox · Mar 20, 2015

mastertatto said:
Hey BHW. I'm very new to web development and recently set up a new website. My main issue right now that I want to fix before moving forward is simply moving my website URL from the wordpress default suffix "/wp" to the root address (apologies for not giving a more clear example; BHW prohibits me from typing in an actual URL due to the fact that I'm a newbie to the forums). I've already spent numerous hours trying to figure this out, but have had no luck. Would appreciate the advice!

Have you added any content to your wordpress site yet?

If not, why not just set it up again? Wordpress install takes no more than 5 minutes.

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