Changing URL… settings automatically change back

  • So, to begin with – I had the latest version of wordpress running, while I was fixing up my site. I installed it in a sub-directory of my hosting account, associated with a domain name. It was installed and running smoothly in https://www.example.com/1
    I used a GoDaddy (provider) feature of moving the site automatically to the root directory. Then the problems began…

    The site seemed to no longer work, after a while of playing around with different possible solutions (which all pretty much gave me different, but still non-working outcomes) what seemed to work (momentarily) was changing the URL of the website in the MySQL database.

    Edit Delete 1 siteurl https://example.com/1 yes
    Edit Delete 37 home https://example.com/1 yes

    When I edit both of these lines to the root directory the site loads up beautifully. Success!
    However – right after this happens the values seem to change back to the example.com/1 configuration… So, again, the site looses functionality and even if I refresh it a second later – no go.

    I was unable to find any file in the FTP that contains the line example.com/1 , so I am at a bit of a loss as to why this happens. I don’t see any script responsible for this.

    When I tried changing the WB/Site URL values through the admin page (before the site relocation) they seemed to always stay the same… https://www.example.com/1 – the site ponged me that the changes have been made but the values stayed the same
    It seems to me somewhere within the system there is a script automatically changing them back when the site loads.

    I tried hardcoding these lines into the wp-config –
    define(‘WP_HOME’,’https://example.com’);
    define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’https://example.com’);
    – but no results ??

    Anyone have any suggestions?

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  • I used a GoDaddy (provider) feature of moving the site automatically to the root directory. Then the problems began…

    Have you asked them about these problems? How did they move it?

    Thread Starter kemz

    (@kemz)

    Nope, posted up here first expecting a quicker reply.
    They have an automated system for moving installed “applications”, I just my WP install to the root directory.
    –

    Thanks for the reply, but it seems I sorted the problem out.

    Duno how, but it seems I fixed the issue by re installing my theme, and once again updating the MySql values.
    Site is fully functional again.

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