Title: WordPress Address URL Change issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress Address URL Change issue

 *  [Adveniat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adveniat/)
 * (@adveniat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-address-url-change-issue/)
 * Hello all,
 * And welcome to another brand-spankin’ new WordPress user’s question.
    I’m using
   WordPress 3.9 through my web host (GoDaddy) for a new website. I’ve been a Dreamweaver
   Hand-coder for a while, but new to WordPress. I’m having a problem with my WordPress
   Address.
 * I’ve created a new domain called Celynbooks.com
    This Domain is an alias domain
   for my personal site hollandartworks.com (I cannot change that so don’t suggest!)
 * As such WordPress is rooted in \Celynbooks folder in my FTP.
    The issue is that
   the Url is; hollandartworks.com/celynbooks
 * These sites are separate and so the Url needs to just show Celynbooks.com
    I’ve
   looked at the “Moving WordPress” guide and at quite a few other questions on 
   similar issues to no avail.
 * When I go into wordpress>General and try and change JUST the WordPress Address
   URL I get kicked out and can’t log back in.
 * I’m not moving the root folder WordPress is looking for, I just need the URL 
   to show Celynbooks.com instead of Hollandartworks.com/Celynbooks (even though
   that’s truly where it’s getting the info).
 * Any help is appreciated, but try and explain it simply because I am new to the
   WordPress system.
 * -Adveniat

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-address-url-change-issue/#post-4839068)
 * Try reviewing [Allow WordPress to take over the root domain](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install).
 *  Thread Starter [Adveniat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adveniat/)
 * (@adveniat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-address-url-change-issue/#post-4839113)
 * Thank-you for your reply, but I’m afraid that did not solve my problem.
 * First I followed the heading “Pointing your home site’s URL to a subdirectory”
   at the bottom and had no success. I did have to make my own .htaccess file for
   that though, so there’s a potential problem.
 * Secondly, I followed the heading “Using a pre-existing subdirectory install” 
   and got stuck on step 6 (logging back in). I get a Internal Server error (500)
   and am now locked out of my WordPress application.
 * I’m not sure if the “Pointing your home site’s URL to a subdirectory” part is
   the solution I’m looking for however. I do not want to redirect hollandartworks.
   com traffic to celynbooks.com. I just want to clean up the URL for celynbooks.
 * Thanks again, but need more help!

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 * Last reply from: [Adveniat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adveniat/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-address-url-change-issue/#post-4839113)
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