Title: WordPress in own directory problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress in own directory problem

 *  Resolved [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/)
 * The way my WordPress installation is set up is WP is in a directory called wordpress
   under my root directory. Both the .htaccess and index.php files are in the WordPress
   subdirectory. There is an index.html file in the root that redirects to the index.
   php file in the WordPress subdirectory.
 * This works ok, but is not the way the Codex instructs on installing WP in it’s
   own directory. The Codex does not use the index.html file to redirect, it has
   both the index.php and .htaccess files in the root. When I changed things following
   the codex instructions, my home page would work, but not any of the internal 
   site links to posts and pages. I thought this was because permalinks needed to
   be updated, but doing that in the options admin panel did not fix the page not
   found errors.
 * I put everything back the way it was and all works again, but I really would 
   like to have it set up the way recommended in the codex. Can anyone suggest what
   might be the problem?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [rudolf45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudolf45/)
 * (@rudolf45)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557495)
 * _it has both the index.php and .htaccess files in the root._
    Half true… Read
   the instructions again 🙂 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)#
   1 and #6 dont’ apply in your situation.
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557506)
 * Ugh! I am being dense or just not understanding your help. Sorry. I see that 
   1 and 6 don’t apply in my case and I left them alone. But 7 says:
 * “Copy the index.php and .htaccess files from the WordPress directory into the
   root directory of your site (Blog address).”
 * So when I do this step, after renaming the index.html file that was redirecting,
   both index.php and ,htaccess are then in the root directory. Is this wrong?
 * And by the way, Rudolf, even though I have said it before, I really appreciate
   the patient help you offer here. I know it can be frustrating trying to get us
   newbies to understand some of this stuff. Especially those of us that are on 
   the AARP mailing list! 😮
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557511)
 * Or maybe… “Copy the index.php and .htaccess files from the WordPress directory
   into the root directory of your site (Blog address).” means literally make a 
   copy, leaving the originals where they were? I moved them. Or am I groping for
   what I am missing and getting further befuddled?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557517)
 * Don’t forget the index.php file in your web root, with WordPress files in a folder
   called wordpress, will look like this:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /* Short and sweet */
       define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
       require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557523)
 * Yes, thanks for the reply Michael. I did get that from the codex and had that
   correct. Do you understand Rudolph’s reply and my confusion? I obviously have
   something wrong, but I am very good at following instructions. I though I did
   exactly what the codex said to do, but am unsure about step 7 which says to “
   copy” the .htaccess and index.php to the root directory. Literally taken this
   would mean that I should have a copy of each, one set in root and the other set
   in root/wordpress. I did not do that, I moved the two files from /wordpress to
   root. Is this my error?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557538)
 * Delete wordpress/.htaccess
 * Make wordpress/index.php read:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /* Short and sweet */
       define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
       require('./wp-blog-header.php');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Make index.php in root as I said above.
 *  [rudolf45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudolf45/)
 * (@rudolf45)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557539)
 * _means literally make a copy, leaving the originals where they were?_
 * Yes 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557553)
 * _means literally make a copy, leaving the originals where they were?_
 * Yes 🙂
 * Although Michael says: _Delete wordpress/.htaccess_
 * So, it probably works either way as long as there is .htaccess in root and the
   index.php files are in both places and read as directed by the codex and Michael?
 * I’ll try it again tomorrow and hopefully come back to mark this as resolved!
 * Thanks!
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557565)
 * Just to clarify. There needs to be an index.php in whatever directory WP is being
   served from. Index.html needs to be deleted.
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557737)
 * OK, no joy. Did what was instructed above and in the codex and only the home 
   page displays correctly. All internal links are not found. I updated the permalink
   structure from the options panel, no difference. I tried setting permalinks to
   default, no difference. I have options>general> wordpress address (URL) set to
   [http://willtaftdotcom/wordpress](http://willtaftdotcom/wordpress) and Blog address
   set to [http://willtaftdotcom](http://willtaftdotcom).
 * The index.html file that was in root is gone.
 * The index.php file in root reads:
    <?php /* Short and sweet */ define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’,
   true); require(‘./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php’); ?>
 * The index.php file in /wordpress reads:
    <?php /* Short and sweet */ define(‘
   WP_USE_THEMES’, true); require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’); ?>
 * I moved the .htaccess file to root, but did not change anything in it. That reads:
   #
   BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.
   php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * What on earth am I doing wrong?
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557738)
 * Wait a minute…. Just now, 30 minutes after doing the steps in the last post, 
   things seem to be working. Let me click around and try all the pages etc. and
   I will post back.
 * Maybe I was too impatient. I expected the changes to take right away. Is it logical
   that they would be delayed?
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557748)
 * Well everything does seem to work except my feed is now broken. The wp-rss.php
   and wp-rss2.php files are still in the wordpress directory. But when I try to
   subscribe in Google Reader or even use feedburner to locate the feed, a 404 error
   is returned.
 * I guess this is a result of setting up wp in it’s own directory. What do I need
   to do to fix this?
 *  [rudolf45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudolf45/)
 * (@rudolf45)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557751)
 * Your feeds work!
    [http://willtaft.com/feed/](http://willtaft.com/feed/) (Have
   no idea what did you mess up with feedburner…)
 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557770)
 * When I made to directory changes, the feedburner feed would no longer work. I
   need to get that resolved, but wanted to first make sure the feed was indeed 
   available on my site.
 * No matter how I try to access the feed, I get the feedburner error. I have tried
   directly through Google Reader, also by going directly to feedburner and telling
   it to get the feed from my site. It can not find a feed. Even clicking on the
   link in your message above, I get only a feedburner error. I have now deleted
   my feedburner setup and that makes no difference. I also went to the FeedShow
   site, but that tool also tells me that there is no valid feed available.
 * How did you determine that my feed works? I would like to know how to reach the
   same conclusion myself, not for this time, but for any possible future issues.
 * Thanks again!
 *  [rudolf45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudolf45/)
 * (@rudolf45)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-own-directory-problem/#post-557772)
 * How?
    I could see them nicely in FF and I could add them to my Google Reader.
   Not the link you have on your site but the one I posted above. (try to clear 
   your cache)

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