Title: Cannot access Website
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot access Website

 *  [alancallaway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alancallaway/)
 * (@alancallaway)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-website-5/)
 * Hi,
 * I recently installed the Change DB prefix pluginand ran it as instructed. It 
   said that it had changed my prefixes and no errors were shown.
    However, when
   I try to access my website, it takes me to the wordpress installation page. I
   have looked in my website directory and all the wordpress files still have the‘
   wp-‘ prefix and not what I changed it to. My wp-config file still has the table
   prefix as ‘wp_’.
 * Can anyone help as I am lost as to what to do and cannot access my site.
 * Thanks.
 * Alan
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/db-prefix-change/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/db-prefix-change/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Bhumi Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softy5454/)
 * (@softy5454)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-website-5/#post-4981933)
 * Hi Alan,
 * This plugin will change prefix of database which is require for security purpose,
   it’s not change the file prefix.
 * and your wp-config file prefix means,once you open a file, you can see one constant
   for prefix, that will be changed.
 * and if it’s change, your wp-config file is not writable.
 * Pl check in your database tables and your new prefix changed over there and let
   me know your feedback
 * Thanks,
    Creativedev

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 * Last reply from: [Bhumi Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softy5454/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-website-5/#post-4981933)
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