Title: Permalink Settings still include /wordpress subdirectory
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Permalink Settings still include /wordpress subdirectory

 *  [kinnybee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kinnybee/)
 * (@kinnybee)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-still-include-wordpress-subdirectory/)
 * I have been googling for hours and I am ready to give up…
 * My site is at [http://www.kenbussell.com](http://www.kenbussell.com).
 * I have wordpress installed in the subdirectory /wordpress. I also have other 
   non-wordpress sites in their own directories within the root web folder on my
   server. This is not technically multi-site, but it is similar enough that I thought
   this would be the best place to post this.
 * I moved the index.php and .htaccess files into the root and edited accordingly
   as per these instructions: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)(“
   Using a pre-existing subdirectory install”).
 * All of my pages are accessible without the /wordpress subdirectory in the url(
   example: kenbussell.com/about). So this is good and what I want.
 * The problem is that adding a new page creates links in the menu bar that include
   the /wordpress subdirectory. So when I click on the about me link in the menu,
   it takes me to kenbussell.com/wordpress/about, even though kenbussell.com/about
   is what I want, and kenbussell.com/about works fine if I type it into the browser
   manually.
 * When i go to permalink settings, all of the options include /wordpress in the
   url. I want the permalink settings to NOT have /wordpress in the url, so that
   new pages and posts are created with links that DO NOT have /wordpress in them.
 * This is driving me nuts. Please help.
 * 1. How do I fix all my old links so that /wordpress is removed?
 * 2. How do I make sure that new links do not include /wordpress?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-still-include-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-5310897)
 * kenbussell.com/about is a 500 and no, this is NOT multisite and no, that was 
   not the right forum. Sorry but Multisite is a special beast.
 * What’s in your .htaccess?
 * What are your home and site URLs?
 *  Thread Starter [kinnybee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kinnybee/)
 * (@kinnybee)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-still-include-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-5310935)
 * Thanks for your help… So now I guess I have an additional issue that kenbussell.
   com is not correctly pointing to [http://www.kenbussell.com?](http://www.kenbussell.com?)
   My desktop browser automatically switches to www but my mobile browser returns
   a 500 error as you mentioned. Is this an issue with my domain manager settings(
   namecheap)?
 * The .htaccess file has the following:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /wordpress/
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * I know I should probably take the /wordpress out of there, but I’m not sure what
   to do with the “.”
 * The home (wordpress) and site URLs are the same: [http://www.kenbussell.com/wordpress](http://www.kenbussell.com/wordpress)
 * The home address is greyed and uneditable from the settings menu (hard coded?).
   
   When I try to change the site address I get a “could not create directory” error.
   I googled this and could find nothing that would let me change it…
 * Thanks again for your help. I obviously have no idea what I am doing.
 *  Thread Starter [kinnybee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kinnybee/)
 * (@kinnybee)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-still-include-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-5310936)
 * Should I move this to a different forum?

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 * Last reply from: [kinnybee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kinnybee/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-still-include-wordpress-subdirectory/#post-5310936)
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