How to change blog URL?

You just cannot change the URL in Settings -> General, You also have to Move / Copy all the files, etc.

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

Thanks Rajesh. I didn’t buy any server space for the new URL, but only URL address, so I haven’t moved the files. I have server space on the old URL: https://kennethcooney.com/wordpress
and thought that I could just buy the new URL, but host it on my old server.

See the link that Rajesh Soni posted above.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress
would probably be a little more helpful for you

Thanks for your help everyone. I ended up just buying some server space and reinstalling WordPress. I only had 2 postings so wasn’t that big a deal.

Hi,
I know this post is old, but I’m having a problem with changing the url. I’ve been doing it for years with no issues. I copy the index file to the root folder and edit the file with the url of the folder containing the installation. Lately (since wordpress 3.7 or 3.8), whenever I attempt to change the url I get a parse error. Has anyone else been having this issue and can you provide a solution? The is nothing wrong with line 17 in the index file as the error is claiming.