Can I Change the WordPress Address (URL)?

Review: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL

Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong. You can never have enough backups!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by t-p.

Thanks @t-p!

These seem like instructions on changing the site URL and I was wondering if it’s possible to change the WordPress Address (URL) and how to go about that without messing up all the files and links….

Cheers,
Tara

One of methods described is:

Using FTP/ SFTP , or your web-host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides, access phpMyAdmin on your host, then find your DB, there check the wp_options Table (Note: The table prefix of wp_ may be different if you changed it when installing), and make sure siteurl field and home field are correct. See https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database

If you haven’t already done, always backup your database before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong. You can never have enough backups!

Awesome! I’ll give it a whirl after I back it up. Thanks again!! ??

Edit wp-config.php

set the site URL manually in the wp-config.php file.

Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where “example.com” is the correct location of your site.

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

Thanks @andrewn18!

Stupid question, but will this allow me to still edit on the dashboard under the old URL or under the URL I change it too?

Thanks!
Tara