Title: Installed into the wrong directory.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Installed into the wrong directory.

 *  [jollus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jollus/)
 * (@jollus)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-into-the-wrong-directory/)
 * So when I installed wordpress I put it in it’s own directory. So I can’t just
   go to “myblog.com”, I have to use “myblog.com/wordpress/”. I tryed just moving
   everything to the root folder, but that broke many many things.
 * What do I need to do to get it to work with just “myblog.com”? I would prefer
   not having to reinstall everything.

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 *  [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * (@nuclearmoose)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-into-the-wrong-directory/#post-170092)
 * You don’t have to reinstall everything. Move all of the files/folders into the
   directory where you want them to live and then follow this guide: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/)
 * Read the guide BEFORE you do anything.
 *  Thread Starter [jollus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jollus/)
 * (@jollus)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-into-the-wrong-directory/#post-170104)
 * I don’t have phpMyAdmin installed. Is there another way to do this, or would 
   it just be easier in the long run to install phpMyAdmin?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-into-the-wrong-directory/#post-170114)
 * > would it just be easier in the long run to install phpMyAdmin?
 * By far. phpMyAdmin is a very powerful tool. As well as fixing database screw-
   ups, phpMyAdmin can be user to repair, optimize, and backup your WordPress database.
 *  [bluqueen777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluqueen777/)
 * (@bluqueen777)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-into-the-wrong-directory/#post-170135)
 * Not sure if this would work or not… but you could just start a new blog. Create
   the folder structure you want, “reinstall” WP into that folder, following the
   directions for installing multiple blogs. If you don’t have any entries or anything
   into your old blog, perhaps that would work…

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [bluqueen777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluqueen777/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-into-the-wrong-directory/#post-170135)
 * Status: not resolved

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