Title: changing URL
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# changing URL

 *  [ambidext](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ambidext/)
 * (@ambidext)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-6/)
 * Hi, I just recently created a wordpress site via godaddy.com and I mistakenly
   added /blog to the site name instead of simply using the site name itself. How
   do I switch my site from stevesite/blog.com to stevesite.com.? I tried copying
   the contents of the /blog folder to my desktop, deleting the /blog folder on 
   the server and then recopying the contents of that folder back into the main 
   site folder. But that didn’t seem to work.
 * Ideas?
 * Thanks so much,
 * Steve

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 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-6/#post-990476)
 * Hi,
 * To move wordpress blog within the site please refer this instructions:
 * 1. Create new directory where you want to move your wordpress blog. If you want
   to move WordPress to your root directory then as always first take complete backup
   including index.php, .htaccess, and other files.
 * 2. Login to your blog admin.
 * 3. Go to the Administration > Settings > General panel. In WordPress address –
   section change the address to the new location of your main WordPress core files.
 * 4. In Blog address section – change the address to the new location of the WordPress
   blog.
 * 5. Click Update Options.
 * 6. Move your WordPress core files to the new wordpress directory. This includes
   the files found within the original directory, such as [http://domain.com/wordpress](http://domain.com/wordpress),
   and all the sub-directories, to the new wordpress directory. If it is in the 
   root then move directories to root folder.
 * 7. If you are using Permalinks then go to the Administration -> Settings -> Permalinks
   panel and update Permalink structure to your .htaccess file.
 * 8. If you have problems with missing images that you’ve uploaded, you need to
   change the path to the images on every post. directly on your SQL database.
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-6/#post-990476)
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