Moving/duplicating blog problems — General Settings

  • I’m in the process of changing hosts. I’ve moved all my wordpress files over as well as the database. I was going to make some changes to the new location before I point the DNS from the old location to the new.

    So I now have 2 wordpress installations: https://oldsite.com/ as well as https://newsite.com

    When I log in to the NEW installation, it brings me to the dashboard of the OLD installation, located at https://oldsite.com

    I suspect that is because of the URL settings under General Settings.

    How do I change that setting on the new installation so that it points to the new URL? Is there a PHP file that can be changed?

    Thanks so much!

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  • When you log in admin panel in Settings General there are urls you need to change them they must be still set at old site url.

    Thread Starter lhickenbottom

    (@lhickenbottom)

    They are. The problem is that I can’t get to the settings on the newsite because I’m rerouted to the old site.

    The old site is where my DNS is still pointed. The new site is simply a IP address.

    The problem is I can’t access the admin panel on the new installation unless I break the old installation (which I don’t want to do).

    You should be able to go to your new site with your IP Address

    https://Ipaddress/~usename if you are using linux server

    Thread Starter lhickenbottom

    (@lhickenbottom)

    I was able to change it in the new database using these instructions:

    If you forget to change the WordPress Address and Blog Address, you will be unable to change it using the wordpress interface. However, you can fix it if you have access to the database. Go to the database of your blog and find the wp_options table. This table stores all the options that you can set in the interface. The WordPress Address and Blog Address are stored as siteurl and home (the option_name field). All you have to do is change the option_value field to the correct URL for the records with option_name=’siteurl‘ or option_name=’home‘.

    Thanks for your help!

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