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1. scofal
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I orignally installed wordpress right on the domain mywebsite.com

   but now I'd like to move it to a /blog to I can use the index for something other then a blog and redirect all of the posts to their new locations (so I don't lose any ranking).

   If I hire someone from a site like guru.com, how would I safely give them access to my site and then remove their access once the project is done.

   Would they need access to my wordpress site and/or my whole hosting account?

   Thanks so much in advance,
   Scott

2. dkotter
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   They'd need at least FTP access. You can give them your FTP credentials, and then change those after the project is done, or you can create a new FTP account just for them, and delete that account when they are finished.

3. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Yeah, choosing someone to hire involves a level of trust.

   Just like someone working on your car or house needs the keys

   They need access to the nitty gritty. You need to make sure you find a dev you trust. Do your homework. BUt they need ftp access to your server, and admin access to your site most likely. You gotta hand over the keys, make sure you trust em. Have a contract in place, etc.

   And definitely change every password when its all over. Hosting, database, ftp, wordpress

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