Problem accessing admin cp when giving WordPress Its own directory

What did you use for your WordPress Url in Settings -> General?

Yes I change those WP url and site URL via Settings > General.

What did you change them to?

WP URL: https://www.mydomain.com/blog
Site URL: https://www.mydomain.com

Site url?

The site appears to have disappeared too now. So I’m not sure what good the site url will be in debugging this now. However, it’s https://www.mightyhumble.com

I can see the site fine but something is definitely adding index.php onto the end of your WordPress urls. Check your custom permalinks & your .htaccess file.

I can’t access the admin panel or see the site. So I presume I’d have to edit the htaccess file manually the permalinks files too?

Can anyone tell where I would find the relevant permalinks code? Also what a standard install code for the WordPress htaccess file look like?

You could try renaming your WordPress ..htaccess file to .htaccess-old via FTP.

I SUSPECT it’s because the folder is named blog and you ALSO have a page with the same name:

https://www.mightyhumble.com/blog/

You can’t have both, you know. As for how to fix it….

I would rename the blog folder to wp-blog or something you’re never gonna use as a page.

Then go in and add this to your wp-config:
update_option('home','https://example.com/wp-blog');

AND edit your index.php and .htaccess to point to the correct locations.

@esmi thanks for the tips.

@Ipstemu Thanks for the suggestion. I understand most of what you’re saying although I’m not sure how to add to/updated the wp_config?

What’s the best way to do that? Do I need to edit it via PHPMyAdmin?

I’m a bit of n00b as you may have noticed!

wp-config.php is a file in the /blog folder. Edit it with a plain text editor. Add that line up above ‘Stop editing here’ ??

Right I’ve done all that! I still can’t see my site. I think I might be having some weird caching issue. I’ve deleted my cookies etc. Still no jo. Can anyone else see the site?

No – I’m getting a blank page now.

Weirdly … https://www.mightyhumble.com/blog/ works

https://www.mightyhumble.com/ is what looks like an index.html page.

https://www.mightyhumble.com/blog/?p=1 is a 404

Source code says you still have WordPress in a /blog/ folder.

https://www.mightyhumble.com/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css