Title: Problem when adding 'www'
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem when adding 'www'

 *  [daminator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daminator/)
 * (@daminator)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-adding-www/)
 * Hello all,
 * I’ve just tried changing:
    [http://christmaspartymagician.co.uk](http://christmaspartymagician.co.uk)
   to [http://www.christmaspartymagician.co.uk](http://www.christmaspartymagician.co.uk)
   in General settings, but when I click save changes, I get this:
 * Warning: is_writable() [function.is-writable]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
   File(/) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/[…]:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/
   lib/php:/tmp) in /home/[…]/public_html/[…]/christmaspartymagician.co.uk/wp-admin/
   includes/misc.php on line 133
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home/[…]/public_html/[…]/christmaspartymagician.co.uk/wp-admin/includes/misc.
   php:133) in /home/[…]/public_html/[…]/christmaspartymagician.co.uk/wp-includes/
   pluggable.php on line 890
 * Any ideas why?
 * Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-adding-www/#post-1728046)
 * See [Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL).
 *  Thread Starter [daminator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daminator/)
 * (@daminator)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-adding-www/#post-1728047)
 * Maybe I shouldn’t have posted all of that message. Have I compromised my site’s
   security?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-adding-www/#post-1728048)
 * Not especially but I’ve edited the paths for you.
 *  Thread Starter [daminator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daminator/)
 * (@daminator)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-adding-www/#post-1728049)
 * This is strange .. even though I got the error message, the www version seems
   to work now and the no-www redirects to the www.
 * Is all well and finished here, or do I need to do more?
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [daminator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daminator/)
 * (@daminator)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-adding-www/#post-1728050)
 * Thanks Esmi! 🙂

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 * [www](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/www/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [daminator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daminator/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-adding-www/#post-1728050)
 * Status: not resolved

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