Title: Changing Address Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Changing Address * [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/) * I’m contemplating changing my WP address from [http://www.mademers.com/globalindieauthor](http://www.mademers.com/globalindieauthor) to [http://www.mademers.com/selfpublishing](http://www.mademers.com/selfpublishing). It seems easy enough to do BUT: * 1. When I change the address, and therefore the permalink, are the addresses to all my blog posts updated automatically? Or do I have to manually update them all? * 2. If I place a redirect from the old address to the new, and someone has a individual blog post bookmarked, will the redirect still work or does it only work for the parent site address? * 3. If I have links from one blog post to another, do I have to manually update those links or will they change automatically? * Thanks. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033807) * That’s not just an address change. You are moving the site. See [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress). * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033823) * Hi Esmi: * I contacted my server and they told me that I do not need to change the folder name in my directory or move the files in any way; I simply leave that as is and change the WP and the site address in WordPress. My files will still be stored in the public_html/globalindieauthor folder. * Is my server incorrect? * If not, then I am not moving the site; I am just renaming the URL. Correct? If so, then do I still have to update all the addresses of each blog post, etc.? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033911) * It really depends upon how your server is configured. See [Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL). * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033924) * If I read this correctly, I can change the Home setting so that when people type in the new name they still get to my site. If I leave the Site URL alone, and I leave the file directly alone on my server, then the site still knows where to find the files. * So in a stupid move I decide to see what happens if I change one of the addresses and now everything is messed up. Changing the address back is not fixing it. I can’t get into my original dashboard. I get a 404 error. * When I go to [http://mademers.com/globalindieauthor/wp-login.php](http://mademers.com/globalindieauthor/wp-login.php) I am taken to a log in page for mademers.com/self-publishing and then I get a 404 error. * If one goes to the site, the info is there but is now disconnected from the WP theme. * Now I’m panicking and this is the last thing I needed. Now what do I do? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033926) * Change the urls back. Except for specific situations, your Site and WordPress urls should be the same. * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033928) * I did. And saved the changes. Everything was as originally. But it’s broken. And now I cannot get back in at all. If you go to * [http://mademers.com/globalindieauthor/wp-login.php](http://mademers.com/globalindieauthor/wp-login.php) * you will see the log-in page is not the WP template, and when I input my username and password I get redirected to: * [http://mademers.com/self-publishing/wp-login.php](http://mademers.com/self-publishing/wp-login.php) * and a 404 error. I am completely hooped. How do I get back in? Can I get in through my server directory? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033930) * You need to change both urls back to the original (ie the url where you installed WordPress). * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033931) * How am I supposed to do that if I can’t get into the dashboard? And it had been changed back. Everything was as originally inputted when I last saved it but now I’ve been locked out. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033933) * See [Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL). * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033934) * I can edit the WP files through my server directory if I know which one to look at to see if “self-publishing” is stuck in there somewhere. Any idea? * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033938) * I have looked through the entire file directory in my WP site via my server: cannot find the wp-config.php. Does the file name differ in various WP sites? I am using PageLines. * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033939) * Scrap that. I found it. Let me check and get back. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033940) * No. It is in every single WordPress installation. Usually in the root WordPress folder. * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033942) * Thank you! I found the functions.php and fixed it. I think I will leave this alone for awhile. Will experiment with an older site that I don’t care so much about. * Now I need a drink. It’s only 2:30. Not good. * Thread Starter [Bad_Egg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bad_egg/) * (@bad_egg) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-address/#post-3033946) * Thanks for seeing me through the panic. Much appreciated. 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