There are a few things that are causing the issue.
1. You mentioned that you moved everything into a folder “web” but your subdomain is “upgrade”. Files should all be in root folder “upgrade”
2. Did you change all of the urls in the database?
3. Did you duplicate the old database and rename it or just create a new empty database?
4. The redirect is probably due to the .htaccess file
Your best bet for moving wordpress is to use a backup/restore plugin.
BackupWP
or my favorite Akeeba backup and kickstart
These plugins will compress the entire site and database into a file that you can then move anywhere. Akeeba Backup with kickstart will even fix all the urls in the database upon restore.
If you would like to do it manually you can do that as well. Check here for instructions https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
You will also need a database search/replace utility like this one to change any urls in the DB
https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/
Hi,
Thank for the response.
So,
1) Right, I’ve copied all WordPress files to ftp:/subdomains/upgrade/
2) No, I’ve changed only “wp_options” -> siteurl from http://www.MY123SITE.com/MY123SITE to http://upgrade.MY123SITE.com in phpMyAdmin.
I’ve not changed all urls for example in: wp_posts, wp_postmeta . Should I change now?
3)At the beginning, I added an empty new database on my host service. My new database is ‘dcustomer_upgrade’.
After that, I imported File.sql with all information from an original database by phpMyAdmin. I can connect to ‘dcustomer_upgrade’ database and execute queries if I want.
I changed wp-config as well:
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘dcustomer_upgrade’);
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘********’);
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘*******’);
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘mysql..’);
4. .htaccess file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?http://upgrade.MY123SITE.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?google.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ – [NC,F,L]
I am still redirecting to MY123SITE.com
Run SearchReplaceDb3 to make sure the url is changed in the DB.
Or as I stated, start over with Akeeba takes 5 min to move a WP site and the longest part is the FTP
Hi,
I’d like to ask about one thing. I’ve restored WordPress website by akeebabackupwp-2.4.0-core.zip Restored website looks fine but if I try to login to WordPress Control Panel I will redirect to the original website address. Can you give me an idea why and where can I change this?
For example:
Restored website has address http://123.xyz.com/wp-login.php
When I click log in I will redirect to http://original.com/original/wp-login.php
The last step in the restore process changes all the URLs in the site. Make sure all of the browser’s cache has been cleared by pressing ctrl f5 a few times.
also check the .htaccess file
