Title: redirect to wp-admin/install.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# redirect to wp-admin/install.php

 *  [neonWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonwired/)
 * (@neonwired)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/)
 * I know this is common problem but none of the solutions seem to work. I’ve checked
   the database and it seems ok. What else can cause this?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/#post-1361176)
 * did you run a repair on the `wp_options` table?
    this is usually a sign of it
   crashing
 *  Thread Starter [neonWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonwired/)
 * (@neonwired)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/#post-1361205)
 * Actually it’s not the database, its the setup i have. I installed wordpress to
   it’s own directory and am accessing it from outside the directory. The problems
   happen as soon as i include the wordpress header.
    `require('blog/wp-blog-header.
   php');`
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/#post-1361243)
 * you left something out – like this
    `require('./blog/wp-blog-header.php');`
 *  Thread Starter [neonWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonwired/)
 * (@neonwired)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/#post-1361281)
 * thanks but it’s not an error with the path or nothing would happen with wordpress
   at all, you’d get a php error.
 *  Thread Starter [neonWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonwired/)
 * (@neonwired)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/#post-1361349)
 * I have used the exact same method for another site and have checked setting, 
   permissions and code, everything is identical yet one works and the other doesn’t
 *  Thread Starter [neonWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonwired/)
 * (@neonwired)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/#post-1361350)
 * Ok, the issue seems to be that it’s still looking for files in the root even 
   though it’s set up in a directory and should be looking there. Is this a bug?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [neonWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neonwired/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-to-wp-admininstallphp-1/#post-1361350)
 * Status: not resolved

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