Moving WPMU from directory to root

  • bminaudo

    (@bminaudo)


    13 years, 3 months ago

    I just turned on the MU on my wordpress only to read that if it is installed in a directory, rather than the website root it won’t allow the system to work with multiple sites. Is this correct? If it is so, then how can I move my WP installation from /WP to my root?

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  • @mercime

    (@mercime)

    13 years, 3 months ago

    if it is installed in a directory, rather than the website root it won’t allow the system to work with multiple sites. Is this correct?

    Not exactly. If WP is installed in directory i.e. http://yoursite.com/wordpress/, you cannot opt for subdomain structure but can only go with subdirectory structure http://yoursite.com/wordpress/subsite1

    Having said that, it would be better if your WP is installed in domain root. It would be great if you started from scratch, (after making DB and server backups), drop DB tables, delete .htaccess and wp-config.php files in subdirectory and uploaded WordPress files in domain root then run install script. Then go multisite.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    13 years, 3 months ago

    Yeah, if there’s no dataloss, just delete and restart in root 🙂

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