Title: Bad Instructions WORDPRESS guys! Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Bad Instructions WORDPRESS guys! * Resolved [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/) * Tried to move a testsite to the root directory for a client…followed the codex instructions perfectly….but at one point they say to change the URI’s…which are now URL’s in the settings-general-tab within the dashboard. * After doing so, you cant get back into the admin area to complete their steps…. * WTF? Could you people please make using wordpress less of a ‘i wanna kill myself task’ and get your selves together? * I’m sure I’m not the only one with issues trying t move a site from one directory to another…. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850946) * Go and read [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) and/ or [Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)** properly** – especially the bits that say: * > Do not worry about the error message and do not try to see your blog at this > point! You will probably get a message about file not found. * right after the instruction to change the urls… * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850952) * did that…. * still dead. * any other ideas? * thanks for responding, i do appreciate that, but in my OP, I mention already doing that….. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850954) * Which codex page were you following? * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850955) * Moving_WordPress * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850959) * Moving WordPress Within Your Site, yes? What steps did you manage to complete successfully? * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850963) * thanks for your help! * yes, ‘moving wordpress within your site’. * I skipped 8 becouse it says for wordpress 2.0. Then moved onto step 9. I got through step 9. (put old files into root directory). * Then I could no longer lo-into the dashboard, either on the new ‘root directory’ or the old testSite directory…. * So I could not complete the permalinks step. * Once this didn’t work, I went into panic/google mode and added this this to the config.php file: define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘[http://mojofocusgroups.com’](http://mojofocusgroups.com’);); define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘[http://mojofocusgroups.com’](http://mojofocusgroups.com’);); * thanks again… * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850964) * Perhaps you made a mistake when adding the new urls in steps 4 & 5? The process outlined on that page has been tested thousands of times. * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850968) * heres the error msg im getting when trying to get to the wp-admin page…. * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/tubepress/classes/net/php/pear/ HTTP/Request2/Adapter.class.php:299) in /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 890 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850971) * That’s got nothing directly to do with the site move! You appear to have a bad plugin. Rename the wp-content/plugins/tubepress folder. * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850973) * to what? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850975) * Anything you like. Eg: tubepress-old * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850976) * k, ill try that… * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850979) * Now its these warnings…. * Pluggable/php? * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-content/themes/BareBones/functions.php:37) in/ home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-login.php on line 337 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-content/themes/BareBones/functions.php:37) in/ home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-login.php on line 349 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-content/themes/BareBones/functions.php:37) in/ home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 690 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-content/themes/BareBones/functions.php:37) in/ home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 691 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-content/themes/BareBones/functions.php:37) in/ home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 692 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-content/themes/BareBones/functions.php:37) in/ home/mojofoc1/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 890 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850980) * You have problems in your theme. * [Solving “headers already sent” warnings](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_do_I_solve_the_Headers_already_sent_warning_problem.3F) * Thread Starter [varsitypixels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varsitypixels/) * (@varsitypixels) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-instructions-wordpress-guys/#post-1850981) * But the site/theme worked perfectly until this attempted transfer to the root…. 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