Title: WordPress administrator credentials are missing
Last modified: April 15, 2021

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# WordPress administrator credentials are missing

 *  [georgeatef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgeatef/)
 * (@georgeatef)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-administrator-credentials-are-missing/)
 * i was putting the website on folder /demo then on publishing i removed from settings
   the /demo from WordPress Address (URL) field and Site Address (URL) field in 
   settings
 * and then coplied all files from file manager from /demo to public_html and the
   website and the wordpress admin page worked normally
 * now if I delete the folder /demo or tried to change its name, and try to login
   to admin, it gives the below message:
 * > WordPress administrator credentials are missing
 * i searched on the database, and found in the table _users in the user_url field,
   there is the URL /demo … when i remove it i got the below error when i try to
   login from wordpress toolkit
 * > /home/website_name/.wp-toolkit/tmp.mFLgUXSnC8: line 4: cd: /home/website_name/
   > public_html/demo: No such file or directory
 * now i have to keep /demo in the database _users table and the demo folder with
   all its files
 * what can be done to solve this, and what is the best practice for moving a website
   from /demo to public_html

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 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-administrator-credentials-are-missing/#post-14325491)
 * > what can be done to solve this, and what is the best practice for moving a 
   > website from /demo to public_html
 * I suggest you to read the WordPress documentation:
 * > [Moving WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/)
 * Did you change all URLs after moving WordPress?

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