Posted 3 years ago #
I have a question about migrating a complete wordpress installation to a new server. I followed the directions step by step available here:
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/move/
The site itself displays okay at the new location, but I can't log into the wp-admin there, because it instantly redirects me to the old URL.
Yet I can't find any trace of the old URL listed in the database or in the files.
Any ideas where I can find and toggle this setting?
If it redirects... you should check the site_url and home values in the options table. See the guide:
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/
Posted 3 years ago #
Thank you, but as I wrote I used that guide to migrate, and the new URLS are in the database.
Any other possibilities?
Clear the cache?
BTW, this is NOT the same guide you used!
I suppose, it is a wp-2.0 install.
In this case, you need to delete the content of options in the cache in the wp-content folder.
Something like this:
wp-content/cache/c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b/options
Posted 3 years ago #
No, I haven't dared to try a WP 2.0 yet. This is just moving a working 1.5.x to another.
Let me try deleting the cache as you suggest ... good idea, but no it still redirects.
I have "grep -r" d the entire site looking for an instance of the old URL, but I don't find one. Triple checked home and siteurl, but they have the correct values, as does everything else I see in the options table.
???
Add the following to wp-config.php:
define('RELOCATE', true);
With that set, try to login. WP will detect the new location and update the URLs in the database.
When you're done, remove the RELOCATE line.
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