Rename Install Folder vs. Move Folder Contents

  • Resolved Brian

    (@cubicalweb)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    I installed WordPress in a folder name “temp” which was not a smart move and now I wish to change it to another name. I’ve read in other posts that I could change the following settings and then simple rename the folder.

    Settings –> General and change:
    WordPress address (URL)
    Site address (URL)

    However, when I do this, I cannot log into the admin site to change the permalinks. I get the following error.

    Warning: require_once(/home/content/11/7705111/html/temp/wp-includes/load.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/11/7705111/html/temp/wp-load.php on line 48

    Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/content/11/7705111/html/temp/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php’) in /home/content/11/7705111/html/temp/wp-load.php on line 48

    After doing this, I have to go into my database to change the URL back to the temp folder so I can gain access again.

    Also I have read the following information about moving the folder, but I’m not sure how moving the contents of the folder is any different than renaming the folder.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    Hopefully someone here can help guide me in correcting this problem.

    Brian

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Change the urls back. See Changing_The_Site_URL for details of how to do this. Then see Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory.

    Thread Starter Brian

    (@cubicalweb)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Thank you so much esmi for the suggested links. I did not expect such a quick reply. I will read through these and hopefully be able to get this fixed before going to work today. I will post back my results.

    Thread Starter Brian

    (@cubicalweb)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    After reading the instructions esmi shared, the process was much easier than described. Every time I tried changing the changing…

    Settings –> General:
    WordPress address (URL)
    Site address (URL)

    and renaming the directory, I would get errors. The step that I missed was changing the old folder name in the .htaccess file. Once I did this, everything worked fine in the new folder.

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