Title: Changed Document Root for Subdomain – Lost Access to WordPress CMS
Last modified: July 28, 2017

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# Changed Document Root for Subdomain – Lost Access to WordPress CMS

 *  [shananigan20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shananigan20/)
 * (@shananigan20)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-document-root-for-subdomain/)
 * Hi – I’ll save you from the long explanation for why I did this, but I changed
   the document root for a subdomain (in the Modify a Subdomain section of cPanel
   >Subdomains) and of course discovered that I could no longer get into my site.
 * I changed it back, and my site was restored but I can no longer see the full 
   WordPress CMS. The only options I have are to view the Dashboard, but this only
   contains activity and WordPress Events and News, and my Profile.
 * There is nothing else in the left-hand side menu, and when I go to my site the
   All of my plugins are gone, the editing bar that’s usually at the top is totally
   gone.
 * I would appreciate it so much if someone could help me fix this!
 * Thank you,
    Shannon
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [shananigan20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shananigan20/).

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 *  [stanordan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stanordan/)
 * (@stanordan)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-document-root-for-subdomain/#post-9361122)
 * Wow, that’s a lot of stuff going on. I’ll just suggesting [updating/resetting permalinks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Choosing_your_permalink_structure).
   You could also try [replacing/reinstalling core files](https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update).
 *  Thread Starter [shananigan20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shananigan20/)
 * (@shananigan20)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-document-root-for-subdomain/#post-9361159)
 * [@stanordan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stanordan/), thank you so much!
   I’ll try both of your suggestions.

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 * Last reply from: [shananigan20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shananigan20/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-document-root-for-subdomain/#post-9361159)
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