Title: WP not installed
Last modified: July 3, 2018

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# WP not installed

 *  [oishiin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oishiin/)
 * (@oishiin)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-installed/)
 * It’s a bit complicated so bear with me.
    I have a sub domain where entire WP 
   folders were moved from a different domain, which expired, but WP hasn’t been
   installed in the subdomain properly, only moved. So now it redirects to the expired
   domain. Can I install WP on the subdomain, and will it override all the files,
   will the previous WP work? Problem is with the database. I have it backed up 
   somewhere. How do I connect these puzzle pieces to gain access to the previous
   blog? What’s the best way to make it work?

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-installed/#post-10456846)
 * Installing WordPress normally consists of extracting the zip file for the files
   and creating the database tables for the data.
    If the new location is hosted
   by the same host as the old (database is intact and reachable), then you need
   to use something like phpMyAdmin on your server to change the old domain name
   to the new name. If the new location is on a different host, you have one half—
   just the files. You don’t need to extract the zip again, but you do need to update
   the config file with the correct information to connect to the database of the
   new host, and edit the database backup to contain the new domain, and then import
   the backup into the database. (Or import and then change it with phpMyAdmin.)
   Be careful of serialized values if the new name is a different length than the
   old one.
 *  Thread Starter [oishiin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oishiin/)
 * (@oishiin)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-installed/#post-10458819)
 * Thank you Joy, this is the same host, it’s just I wanted to move the blog from
   the expiring domain. The tech person basically moved the folders from one folder
   to another.
    I totally didn’t think about installation and databases. If you 
   could walk me through the process with baby steps what to do, I’d be grateful.

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 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)
 * [subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subdomain/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [oishiin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oishiin/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-installed/#post-10458819)
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