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  • What is the easiest way to move a wordpress install from the /wordpress/ folder to the / folder. I want this as my main site and set it up in the wordpress folder temporarily for testing. Now its ready but im not sure how to move it without ruining the whole thign. (I have it backed up already).

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    Go to Options/General and set both of your URLs to your root directory (www.domain.com/). Now, don’t do anything on your site! Run over to your FTP app, and move all of the files. That should do it.

    Thread Starter patrickweber

    (@patrickweber)

    Ok lemme try this.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    If that, for some random reason, doesn’t work, you’ll have to change your siteurl and home values manually. See this for instructions: http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/

    Since there aren’t many wordpress files and a new upload would be fast, I would upload an exact set of the files to where you want them, then delete the old set after you made the change. This way, you can get to admin files from the old location to make the change, and can check it at the new location. I’ve been shuffling files around and I’ve found that two sets for a minute or two saves headaches.

    Thread Starter patrickweber

    (@patrickweber)

    Great. It worked fine.

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