Title: Changing IP address causing issues
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Changing IP address causing issues

 *  [dclowd9901](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dclowd9901/)
 * (@dclowd9901)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-ip-address-causing-issues/)
 * I recently installed WordPress onto my home computer, which is doubling as a 
   web server (please spare me the lectures about the safety of such a maneuver).
 * This works fine for a while, until my ISP changes my IP address. It does so about
   once a month. At that point, WordPress starts tries to relink with my old IP 
   address, an obvious problem, because my machine is not on that address anymore.
 * To circumvent the issue, I tried readdressing WordPress to my domain name (which
   I forward to my IP address). However, when I do this, and I try to login ([http://www.proclivitiesink.com/wordpress/wp-login.php](http://www.proclivitiesink.com/wordpress/wp-login.php))
   I will type in my username and password. The screen will reload. I’ll do it once
   more, and then, for some strange reason, my browser loads [http://www.wordpress.org](http://www.wordpress.org)
   homepage (yet, my domain and login address [http://www.proclivitiesink.com/wordpress/wp-login.php](http://www.proclivitiesink.com/wordpress/wp-login.php)
   are still visible in the address bar.
 * #1. Why is this happening?
 * #2. Is there any way to safely change the wordpress IP address so, under dynamic
   IP circumstances, I won’t run into issues with wordpress loading the wrong ip?
 * #3. If there isn’t any way to automatically do this, is there any way to change
   my IP address for wordpress outside of the general options menu?

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 *  Thread Starter [dclowd9901](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dclowd9901/)
 * (@dclowd9901)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-ip-address-causing-issues/#post-405500)
 * In addition, I forgot to ask: If someone else is running a similar setup, could
   they explain how they get around the changing IP address issue?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-ip-address-causing-issues/#post-405513)
 * You’re going to want to look at something like dynip or no-ip services. Google
   for “Dynamic DNS” for some options.

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 * [IP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ip/)

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 * Last reply from: [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-ip-address-causing-issues/#post-405513)
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