Moving WP to new directory

You have to change your WordPress address (URL) and Blog address (URL) in Settings-General. However it is easiest to move the file structure and then edit the tables in the database. the url information is kept in the wp_options table in MySQL.

review
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Thank you ben and samboli. I will review the articles and fix the database.

Well, I read the articles. I can find the wp-options table but I don’t see any URLs or anyway to change/add a URL under option_name or option_value. Any more help you can give me?

use one of the other methods
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL

You have to browse the table not the structure, the first cell of the the table wp_options is labeled siteurl, click the little pencil to edit. Then go to cell 39 to change the home cell. You may need to adjust your upload_path in cell 60 as well.

Or use the script samboll linked to above..but i personally see it as bad practice to edit a .php document to edit a database…why not just edit the database..

why not just edit the database..

some folks don’t have the expertise or are scared – whatever…we give them options