Title: Moving WordPress. Please help!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Moving WordPress. Please help!

 *  [lisah111](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisah111/)
 * (@lisah111)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-please-help/)
 * Hi. I tried this once and EVERYTHING got deleted, so I need some help doing it
   right.
 * I have wordpress installed. I have been working on a WordPress site while my 
   mail site is still active. Now, I am ready for my WordPress site to be live, 
   so I need to move its location. Right now it is at: wwww.site.com/wordpress, 
   and I need to move it to wwww.site.com.
 * Can anyone help me with some steps?

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 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-please-help/#post-2760069)
 * The way I like to do it is (assuming it’s not a multi-site installation)…
 * 1) Change the URLs in Settings > General to remove the /wordpress (or whatever
   the subfolder name is). After you do this your site will appear to be broken.
 * 2) Move all of the WordPress files and folders from the subfolder to the root
   folder. After that your site should resolve again.
 * 3) Check your Settings > Media and any plugins that save files to the server (
   e.g. Google XML Sitemap, any plugins that back up your database, etc.) to make
   sure that the URLs specified are correct.
 * 4) You may have to update the URLs to the images in your pages and posts. An 
   easy way to do it is with the [Search And Replace](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/)
   plugin.
 * IIRC that’s about it.
 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-please-help/#post-2760072)
 * p.s. It’s a good idea (as always) to back everything up first. If you run into
   any trouble, don’t panic and don’t try everything under the sun w/o asking for
   advice. It can always be fixed but the fewer things that have been changed, the
   easier it will be to diagnose and repair.

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 * Last reply from: [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-please-help/#post-2760072)
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