Title: Problems moving site from dev to root Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Problems moving site from dev to root * [richseals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richseals/) * (@richseals) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-moving-site-from-dev-to-root/) * Hi, * I made the mistake of thinking all I had to do to move my site was move the files from out of my ‘dev’ folder to my root folder… how wrong was I! It’s not until it didn’t work I realised I should have researched first. * I have read all the info on changing the config file and index, but it still didn’t work, so I moved all the files back and now I can’t log in. * my site: [http://www.nottinghamdrivertraining.co.uk](http://www.nottinghamdrivertraining.co.uk) * I installed WP in to a ‘dev’ folder and all worked fine until I tried to move it. I have now moved back and I have lost the login / admin panel and now the site (via the dev folder) is not showing the proper WP site. Unfortunately, I am not back to square 1, but worse than when I started as it’ not working at all. * [http://nottinghamdrivertraining.co.uk/dev/](http://nottinghamdrivertraining.co.uk/dev/) * In my 4 hours of trying to fix this, I believe I have done more harm than good and probably altered something I shouldn’t have. * Any help would be appreciated. * Many Thanks * Richard * Thanks Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-moving-site-from-dev-to-root/#post-4239143) * > I installed WP in to a ‘dev’ folder and all worked fine until I tried to move > it. I have now moved back and I have lost the login / admin panel and now the > site (via the dev folder) is not showing the proper WP site. * Do you have DB backup from before you moved the site from ‘dev’? Yes? Try restoring from backup: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup) * Thread Starter [richseals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richseals/) * (@richseals) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-moving-site-from-dev-to-root/#post-4239159) * Hi, * Thanks for the response. * I have just restored the MySQL database and still the same. * When I type in /wp-admin * This is the response: ‘The requested URL /wp-login.php was not found on this server.’ * Any more ideas? * Thread Starter [richseals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richseals/) * (@richseals) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-moving-site-from-dev-to-root/#post-4239219) * I have just added the following to my config file and now I’m back to square 1. * define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘[http://www.example.com’](http://www.example.com’);); define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘[http://www.example.com’](http://www.example.com’);); * I’m going to follow the instructions this time… * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-moving-site-from-dev-to-root/#post-4239223) * -If the issue is still unresolved, access your WordPress database via phpMyAdmin and manually check, in the wp_options table, the **siteurl** and **home** values and make sure they are correct. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Problems moving site from dev to root’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [dev](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dev/) * [moving](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/moving/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-moving-site-from-dev-to-root/#post-4239223) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics