Title: Moving WordPress – old posts?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Moving WordPress – old posts?

 *  [yumadoug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yumadoug/)
 * (@yumadoug)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-old-posts/)
 * I didn’t see this answer in any of the moving WordPress posts…
 * I’d like to move my blog from it’s subdirectory to the root directory (so instead
   of the blog domain of “[http://blog.*.com&#8221](http://blog.*.com&#8221);, the
   blog will now be the home page at “[http://www.*.com&#8221](http://www.*.com&#8221);.
   I read that leaving it in the subdirectory but pointing it to the root will not
   give you the Edit link next to the posts when logged in, so I’d prefer to move
   it.).
 * The wordpress instructions at [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
   are pretty straightforward, but it doesn’t explain what will happen to the addresses
   of the old or existing posts. Can I assume that any old posts referenced on another
   blog will NOT lead visitors to the correct location for that post in my blog 
   AFTER I make the move?
 * Would leaving it in the subdirectory, but pointing to the root directory (per
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory))
   resolve this issue (but not provide the Edit link as I described above)?
 * Or will any change mess-up the links to old posts?
 * Fyi: I have discovered in testing that if I add an index.php page with a redirect(
   <?php header (“Location: [http://www.homepage.com/index.php&#8221](http://www.homepage.com/index.php&#8221););
   ?
   >) in the old subdirectory, and then enter the url of an old post in the browser,
   that it will redirect to the new home page. But I’m curious to know if the url
   of an old post could somehow still be good after I make the move, or if second
   option would resolve that issue ([http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)).

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-old-posts/)
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