Changed website domain before domain transfer, site locked

  • Resolved desireewp

    (@desireewp)


    5 months, 2 weeks ago

    I am currently migrating my domain from Squarespace to site ground. I had already got the website migrated beforehand, most pages were finished in WordPress. I was upset about the domain transfer taking 5 days and stupidly thought i could already update the domain in WordPress settings manually. I changed it to Desireesydow.com. However, that messed up everything as when I now click on “wp admin” in siteground, I get routed to an error page and am unable to access the WordPress page. Help!! Will that be fixed once domain is migrated or have I lost the newly built WP pages?

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  • Hello,

    It sounds like you’ve encountered a common issue where the WordPress site URL and home URL values were prematurely changed in the settings, leading to an inability to access the WordPress admin area. This can happen when the domain name has not yet propagated or is not correctly pointing to the new hosting environment.

    The good news is that your WordPress pages are not lost; they’re just inaccessible due to the incorrect settings. Once the domain migration is complete, the domain name will point to your SiteGround hosting, and the issue may resolve itself. However, to regain access to your WordPress admin area immediately, you can manually update the site URL and home URL values back to the temporary SiteGround domain or IP address.

    Here’s how you can fix the issue:

    Edit the wp-config.php File: Source – https://it.www.ads-software.com/support/article/changing-the-site-url/

      • Access your SiteGround hosting account and open the File Manager.
      • Navigate to the root directory of your WordPress installation.
      • Locate the wp-config.php file and edit it.
      • Add these two lines of code
        define( 'WP_HOME', 'https://example.com' );
        define( 'WP_SITEURL', 'https://example.com' );
      • Save the changes and try accessing your WordPress admin area again.

      Update the Database via phpMyAdmin: Screenshot: https://prnt.sc/Iu2GIyN2S64f

        • If you have access to phpMyAdmin through SiteGround, log in and select your WordPress database.
        • Look for the wp_options table and click on the “Browse” option.
        • Find the siteurl and home rows.
        • Edit these rows and change the value to your temporary SiteGround domain or IP address.
        • Save the changes.

        I hope my suggestion will help you.

        Thread Starter desireewp

        (@desireewp)

        thank you so much!! I am so grateful for your help!

        You are most welcome ??

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