Title: changing /wordpress subdirectory
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# changing /wordpress subdirectory

 *  [lilts520](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilts520/)
 * (@lilts520)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-subdirectory/)
 * I have aplus.net (unfortunately). And you cannot install wordpress in the main
   directory, but it has to be redirected from a subdirectory.
 * However, when the website is redirected, you can see the wordpress subdirectory.
   Is there a way to keep this hidden, so when you hit the main site, you just see
   the [http://www.sitename.com](http://www.sitename.com) address rather then [http://www.sitename.com/wordpress/](http://www.sitename.com/wordpress/)
 * Any help would be appreciated!

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 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-1891875)
 * Have you tried following these instructions:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 *  Thread Starter [lilts520](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilts520/)
 * (@lilts520)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-1891880)
 * Thanks for the link. I have tried that, but after I made the changes all i get
   in the main directory is a page that says “Redirecting..”. Am I doing something
   wrong here?
 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-1891883)
 * The redirecting message makes no sense. Perhaps this is set up by your hosting
   provider? You should ask them what’s going on and ask them as well what they 
   suggest for setting up WordPress and making it appear at the root name.
 *  Thread Starter [lilts520](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilts520/)
 * (@lilts520)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-1891889)
 * Actually, I just fiddled around with it, and it worked. The host service did 
   have a default index.html page in the main directory that was trumping the index.
   php file.
 * Thanks for you help!
 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-1891892)
 * Glad to have been of help.

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 * [aplus.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/aplus-net/)
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 * [subdirectory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subdirectory/)

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-1891892)
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