My .org admin page redirects to .com admin page instead. How do I fix this?

  • downhomedaddy

    (@downhomedaddy)


    9 years ago

    I know I’m not the only one to encounter this, but I still can’t figure out how to fix it. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone here could help guide me through this frustrating experience. Thanks in advance!

    I signed up for the .com site and started a blog called downhomedaddy.wordpress.com and then I registered the downhomedaddy.com domain through WP. I at first made that the default, but have since changed it but it still redirects anyway.

    I quickly realized that for my purposes that .com wasn’t what I needed, and instead I needed the .org setup. I started that process, signed up, went to HostGator and signed up saying I already had the domain downhomedaddy.com and went to install WP, and it said that it worked just fine. However, that is where my issues start.

    When I go to click on the .org admin link, and sign in, it redirects me to the .com admin page instead. I do not seem to have a way to do anything to the .org site and it is just an endless loop of some sort. I believe it’s because I used the same name for both, which I did on purpose, but I didn’t think it would cause any sort of problem.

    I’m under the impression that it’s perfectly fine that I registered the domain name through WP.com and that isn’t the issue.

    What exactly do I need to do to resolve this problem? I’ll be able to figure everything else out once this one issue is taken care of. I am simply at a lost trying to do it on my own. Thanks once again.

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  • downhomedaddy,

    Go through this link => https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL.

    Let me know how it goes.

    Thread Starter downhomedaddy

    (@downhomedaddy)

    Hi Dipak, and thanks for that.

    I have seen that link mentioned before, and I have tried a few things that it says but nothing has fixed anything for me. Then again, it is very likely that I didn’t do what I actually need to do. For one it says to go to settings, but I can only get to the settings for the .com site, not anything for .org on my HostGator setup.

    I have seen the link posted, and people go to it and instantly know what to do and it fixes their problem. I’m sure that would be the case for me, but I am going in completely blind with all of this. Would it be fine to request just a bit more direction? Thanks again in advance for anything you, or anyone else, can do for me.

    downhomedaddy,

    I suggest you add the following lines in wp-config.php first.

    define('WP_HOME','https://example.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','https://example.com');

    Replace example.com with your actual domain name. (make sure whether it’s https:// or https://www)

    Thread Starter downhomedaddy

    (@downhomedaddy)

    So just literally just copy and paste that into the wp-config.php file for my .org site that I find in the HostGator cPanel? I found it, right clicked, edit, and just plopped that down (inserted my actual domain name in those two spots) and then hit save. I go to downhomedaddy.com and I am still having the problem. Are there more steps?

    Are you sure you’ve set the correct DNS records? I can see your site points to 192.0.78.24 and 192.0.78.25 at the moment.

    Thread Starter downhomedaddy

    (@downhomedaddy)

    No, I do not know if that is set correctly. How do I know if they are the correct records or not?

    downhomedaddy, Then the issue is DNS specific. Not WordPress.

    I suggest you contact your hosting provider (HostGator?) and they will assist you about how to setup DNS.

    Thread Starter downhomedaddy

    (@downhomedaddy)

    Thank you, I’ll contact them on that issue then report back here. Thanks for your help so far. I just want to get this started once and for all, haha.

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