Title: WordPress Creates Directories?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Creates Directories?

 *  [herbyderby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herbyderby/)
 * (@herbyderby)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creates-directories/)
 * Installed WP 3.1. Did the site. Everything works fine.
 * Well, not everything.
 * I worked in a directory called “Staging” before pushing live. I then pointed 
   the WP Address and Site Address to the root of my domain when it was time to 
   launch the site. This is done within WP in General settings. I then manually 
   moved all the folders and PHP files to the root.
 * But for some reason, WP re-creates two folders in the root directory and puts
   the WP-Content, etc. in there.
 * I want all WP files in:
    ./(root)
 * I get:
    ./test/staging/(wp-content, etc.)
 * Anybody else have this happen to them where WP “creates” directories?
 * Thanks for any help.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creates-directories/#post-2028635)
 * Review [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [herbyderby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herbyderby/)
 * (@herbyderby)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creates-directories/#post-2028648)
 * I failed to mention in my post that I follow that procedure every time.

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creates-directories/#post-2028648)
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