Title: Lost wordpress directory Last modified: September 27, 2017 --- # Lost wordpress directory * [reinisr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinisr/) * (@reinisr) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-wordpress-directory/) * Hi, through my stupidity, I’ve fallen into a great problem. * I had installed wordpress on a website in the directory: dailesnams.lv/wordpress/ and was working on the wordpress version there to eventually replace the main site (sort of behind the scenes maintenance, so that the original page still works while i work on the wordpress version). Just minutes ago I thought checking out in the wordpress install in general settings what happens when i change the“ WordPress Address (URL)” and the “Site Address (URL)”, which were both set on dailesnams.lv/wordpress/, because that’s where wordpress is installed for me. I changed it to just dailesnams.lv and horror of horrors, I’ve lost my directory! i cant access the admin panel through anything, not: dailesnams.lv/wp-admin/ or anything! How could I get it back to the old /wordpress directory?? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flost-wordpress-directory%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Thread Starter [reinisr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinisr/) * (@reinisr) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-wordpress-directory/#post-9537203) * Nevermind, solved! * [ProjectArmy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supporthero/) * (@supporthero) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-wordpress-directory/#post-9537217) * Hi, * When WordPress is in the /wordpress/ directory, you can’t set home/site URL to the root domain without additional tweaks to make sure everything points to the right place. * If you can access your database easily, you can change manually your URLs back to the development URL. You’ll find them under wp_options tables, you need to look for siteurl and home. * If you’re not sure how to do it, you can update them by placing the following 2 lines of code into your theme’s function.php file and trying to load WordPress. This will update your URLs back to the development URL. After you done, remove these 2 lines: * update_option( ‘siteurl’, ‘[http://dailesnams.lv/wordpress/’](http://dailesnams.lv/wordpress/’);); update_option( ‘home’, ‘[http://dailesnams.lv/wordpress/’](http://dailesnams.lv/wordpress/’);); * More info on this: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Edit_functions.php](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Edit_functions.php) * ^V Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Lost wordpress directory’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [ProjectArmy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supporthero/) * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-wordpress-directory/#post-9537217) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics