Title: [Plugin: WordPress Move] Moving installation within same domain Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: WordPress Move] Moving installation within same domain * Resolved [dbardwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbardwell/) * (@dbardwell) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/) * I originally installed my WordPress site in dougbardwell.com/wordpress and now I’m ready to move it to my root directory – dougbardwell.com, so when someone arrives at the site, that’s the first thing they’ll see. I’m a tad confused by the terminology. If I’m using this plugin, do I click on BEGIN below “Migrate” or below “Change domain name?” Thanks. * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Mert Yazıcıoğlu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merty/) * (@merty) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/#post-2618782) * You should use the Change Domain Name tool on the Migration Assistant page and fill in the details as the following: * **Old Domain Name:** `dougbardwell.com/wordpress` **New Domain Name:** `dougbardwell. com` * Once the operation is completed successfully, open your FTP client and move everything inside the `/wordpress/` directory up one level. * Thread Starter [dbardwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbardwell/) * (@dbardwell) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/#post-2618786) * Thanks very much. I’ll give it a try. * Thread Starter [dbardwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbardwell/) * (@dbardwell) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/#post-2618848) * I’m just realizing that all my article links are going to change if I move everything. I’ve got a fair number of links out there that will be going no where if I do that. Is it possible to just change my landing page and leave everything else where it is. * Plugin Author [Mert Yazıcıoğlu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merty/) * (@merty) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/#post-2618849) * You can 301 redirect the traffic to your new installation by using some htaccess magic. Redirection using the code 301 means that the requested page has been moved permanently. So, by using 301 redirection, users will be redirected to the new URL and search engine spiders will update themselves by replacing the new URL of the requested page with the older one. * Thread Starter [dbardwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbardwell/) * (@dbardwell) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/#post-2618884) * **HELP-HELP-HELP** * First, thanks Mert, but I decided to just move the whole thing as originally planned. I used the Change Domain Tool and changed the domain from dougbardwell. com/wordpress to dougbardwell.com. I then moved all my files and folders from the wordpress folder to the root folder. * Now I can go to [DougBardwell.com](http://DougBardwell.com) and see my home page and everything looks okay…but…click on any link and I get an “Internal Server Error” message. * What’s strange however is that when I go to my Dashboard, then ALL Posts…everything there shows up just fine. The URL’s all appear correct (dougbardwell.com not dougbardwell.com/wordpress) and I can edit them, but the posts themselves will not show up. While in editing mode, if I click View Post, I get that same 500 Internal Server Error message. * Can anyone give me a clue what I did wrong? A thousand blessings to who ever can help. I’m ready to throw myself under a bus. * Plugin Author [Mert Yazıcıoğlu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merty/) * (@merty) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/#post-2618885) * Looks like you forgot to move your .htaccess file to the root directory. Place it inside the root directory and you’ll be good to go 🙂 * Thread Starter [dbardwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbardwell/) * (@dbardwell) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-moving-installation-within-same-domain/#post-2618886) * **PROBLEM SOLVED** * Long story, but found a way to relink all the articles with a couple lines of code in the themes – function.php file. Alls well. Thanks. 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