Title: wp-config file problems Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # wp-config file problems * [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/) * Hi! I need help changing permalinks. I tried to do it with the wp-config file but it doesn’t work. Now If I try to take the links out of the wp-config file my site won’t work. I can’t change the permalinks in the settings because it is grayed out (because the links are in the wp-config file) * I can’t figure out how to fix this. Here is my wp-config file: [http://www.taramcnulty.com/wp-config.pdf](http://www.taramcnulty.com/wp-config.pdf) * This is my site: [http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress/](http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress/) * which I would like to change the wordpress url to just taramcnulty.com * This is driving me crazy! thanks in advance! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560607) * Review: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks) * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Permalinks_Screen](https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Permalinks_Screen) * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560612) * Thanks, but this doesn’t answer my question. I can’t change any of the permalinks in wordpress dashboard, it won’t let me. I need to fix my wp-config file. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560621) * You cannot change permalinks via the wp-config.php file. What _exactly_ did you try to add to the file previously? * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560627) * this was all that I added: define(‘WP_HOME’,’[http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress’](http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress’);); define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’[http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress’](http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress’);); * but when I take it out, my site doesn’t load up the template anymore and the links from the homepage don’t work. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560633) * The lines you mention above are nothing to do with permalinks. Instead they change the site’s urls. Why are you trying to do that? * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560636) * Sorry, yes I’m trying to change the urls. I want my wordpress site to be at taramcnulty.com instead of taramcnulty.com/wordpress * but the way it is right now with my wp-config file I can’t take out those 2 lines without issues so I’m not sure how to fix it. * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560639) * And if I try to edit those 2 lines to change it to the way I want it, the site breaks too. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560641) * > I want my wordpress site to be at taramcnulty.com instead of taramcnulty.com/ > wordpress * Then you are going about it the wrong way. Did you move any of your WordPress files? * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560642) * No kidding, why do you think I’m asking for help? no, I didn’t. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560645) * So your site is still at [http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress](http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress)? * Did you change any of the urls in Settings -> General? * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560648) * Right, the site is still taramcnulty.com/wordpress * I can’t change any of the settings in settings>general because it is grayed out because I have those 2 lines of code in my wp-config file. but every time I try to take out those 2 lines of code the site breaks. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560662) * Can we see the site with those two lines removed? * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560670) * ok i took the lines out. you can see now [http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress/](http://www.taramcnulty.com/wordpress/) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560679) * From what I have seen so far it seems that this site was originally installed in the root domain folder and then moved to a wordpress sub-folder, yes? * Thread Starter [taramcnulty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taramcnulty/) * (@taramcnulty) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/#post-4560692) * it’s here www/wordpress * I didn’t move it. I have another wordpress site in a subfolder Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘wp-config file problems’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 23 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [trsstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trsstudios/) * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-file-problems/page/2/#post-4560765) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics