Title: changed name
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# changed name

 *  Resolved [gavhcroft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavhcroft/)
 * (@gavhcroft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-name/)
 * i changed the wordpress url and teh site url.
    Now i cannot log into my admin
   panel to change it back. i just get a 404 error, as it redirects to to the new
   url.
 * How can i get back to my original url

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-name/#post-2984047)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
 *  Thread Starter [gavhcroft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavhcroft/)
 * (@gavhcroft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-name/#post-2984059)
 * sorry but i am a bit of an idiot
    can’t make head or tail f these instructions
 * is there a idiots way of doing this
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-name/#post-2984061)
 * Those are the “idiot’s instructions”. I suggest you try method 1 or 2.
 *  Thread Starter [gavhcroft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavhcroft/)
 * (@gavhcroft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-name/#post-2984069)
 * i have managed to get teh site back, but still cannot get the wp admin page to
   do changes on my site
 *  Thread Starter [gavhcroft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavhcroft/)
 * (@gavhcroft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-name/#post-2984081)
 * it seems i have succeeded
    thanks

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 * [changed url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/changed-url/)
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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [gavhcroft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavhcroft/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-name/#post-2984081)
 * Status: resolved

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