Title: Moving WordPress
Last modified: August 22, 2016

---

# Moving WordPress

 *  [Charmer83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmer83/)
 * (@charmer83)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-40/)
 * other than the directions at [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
   
   what else do i need to do. i’m not moving it to the root directory it will be
   in an addon domain… however the addon domain has an existing site so i need to
   know if i just delete everything from that folder and move all wp files into 
   the directory. i don’t want to mess anything up.

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-40/#post-5493410)
 * > the addon domain has an existing site so i need to know if i just delete everything
   > from that folder and move all wp files into the directory.
 * Can you be more specific with details? One option you have is to just leave all
   existing folders and files exactly as they are while adding a new folder beside
   the existing one and making a new WordPress installation there by simply going
   to cPanel and re-pointing that domain to the new folder. By doing that, you could
   even switch back and forth between the two locations at-will like while working
   on the new site during off-hours and putting the older one back up at any time
   and just as it has always has been. There are other options also, of course, 
   but the actual end goal must be known in order to sort through them.
 *  Thread Starter [Charmer83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charmer83/)
 * (@charmer83)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-40/#post-5493450)
 * I have already built the wordpress site, so i can remove all the existing site
   files and replace with the wordpress site files that have been built in a subfolder.
   all i’ll need to do is physically move the files. From there i will go through
   the entire database and site files. i will then update both the URL, and the 
   file path throughout my script.
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-40/#post-5493476)
 * > I have already built the wordpress site
 * That adds up to its database, its /wp-content/ folder with all content, your 
   wp-config.php file and your root .htaccess file. You can replace all the remaining
   every-site-has-the-same wp-folders and wp-files if you wish, but that is not 
   required and I would use fresh ones from a new download if I did.
 * > From there i will go through the entire database and site files.
 * Since the database and /wp-content/ are already a paired match, there really 
   should be no need for that unless they need work even right now.
 * > i will then update both the URL, and the file path throughout my script.
 * Again, there should be no need there if the database already knows to accept 
   the URL and you use cPanel to simply re-point the domain to its new location.
   And if you presently have something like mysite.com/subfolder in the boxes at
   Dashboard > Settings > General, that can be corrected all at one shot with just
   two temporary lines near the top of wp-config.php the first time you access the
   site in its new location.

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘Moving WordPress’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-40/#post-5493476)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics