Title: Permalinks
Last modified: June 4, 2021

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# Permalinks

 *  [jdulibic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdulibic/)
 * (@jdulibic)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-280/)
 *     ```
       How I change Site Address (URL) :https://example.com/public_html
       My root directory is public_html
   
       If I change  in General settings Site Address https://example.com   without public_html I have error 404 nothing found.
       Any suggestions?
       ```
   

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-280/#post-14521391)
 * For single installs of WordPress, follow these instruction [Changing the URL directly in the databas](https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-the-site-url/#changing-the-url-directly-in-the-database/)
 * **BACKUP: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your
   database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.
   You can never have enough backups! See [https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/)**
 *  Thread Starter [jdulibic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdulibic/)
 * (@jdulibic)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-280/#post-14522400)
 * Same thing!!
    EROR 404 NOTHING FOUND
 * Now I manage to get into the dashboard,but when i go review the site the permalink
   is the same ([https://example.com/public_html](https://example.com/public_html))
   gives a server error.
 *  [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * (@website-rob)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-280/#post-14524530)
 * Sounds like your Hoster is in the best position to help with the problem you 
   are having. They can see what you see and provide better answers.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-280/#post-14524530)
 * Status: not resolved

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