Problems accessing admin Panel after attempting to Move site

First. restore everything back to a original sub-directory installation. Then see Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory.

Thanks for the quick feedback!

I’ve restored everything but I’m still getting the Error 404: File Not Found message so I can’t access the admin panel.

Any other suggestions?

Many Thanks

I am still none the wiser about this – Is there anyone who can provide help get this site live?

So if WordPress is installed in the wordpress directory you should be able to login to your site at https://example.org/wordpress/wp-login.php. If when you login you get redirected to https://example.org/wp-admin with a 404 error then you need to follow the instructions on manually changing the site url https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL

Or you can add the following to wp-config.php

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

Once your back in follow the instructions for Giving WordPress It’s own directory:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install

If you need immediate help please come to the WordPress IRC channel and we will be able to help you step by step. https://codex.www.ads-software.com/IRC

Thanks Chris,

I’ll try all these now and get back to you in the link above if I run into problems.

Your help is very much appreciated!

Hi Chris,

I managed to change the URL back to the original and access the admin panel again but when I get back into the general panel I can’t change the URL – it is in a dark grey colour and I can’t select it.

Thanks

[No bumping. If it’s that urgent, consider hiring someone.]

The option is greyed out because it is being overridden in your wp-config.php file. Stay on the option page remove the lines you inserted into wp-config.php refresh the page and you will be able to change the options again.

Thanks Chris

I’ll give that a go…

Didn’t work ?? I know I’m doing something wrong but I’m not sure what…

I stayed on the general options page
Opened the wp-config.php file
Deleted the 2 lines of code
Refreshed the general options page
and got error 404 file not found.

One of the guys in the wordpress chat suggested removing the htaccess file but I can’t find this.

Kindly follow the below steps to move the wordpress installed directory to another directory:

For example if we need to move the wordpress installed directory to public_html i.e., https://domainname.com/wp to https://domainname.com/

? Login to the cPanel of the user
? Take a backup of the domain
? Move the entire files in public_html to a new folder, say “Main Site”
? Now copy the entire files inside wordpress directory to public_html
? Take the phpMyAdmin
? Select the user’s wordpress database->wp-options -> Change the site url and home url to https://domainname.com/ from https://domainname.com/wp
? Now edit the .htaccess as follows in public_html:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase / (/ represents public_html directory)
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L] (Since index.php is located in public_html)
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

? If the images are not loading correctly in site, do the below steps:

? Take the phpMyAdmin -> Export the user’s database
? Create a copy of the downloaded SQL file and open in word, then find and replace the content “domainname/wp” to “domainname/”
? Take the phpMyAdmin and drop all the tables in user’s database and upload the edited SQL file

Now check the site.

Many Thanks for all your help with this.

I managed to get the site back up and live. I went back to the start and using a combination of all the methods and links given to me I managed to rename the URL in the general settings panel.

I then moved all “live” files in a new directory via FTP. Finally I moved all the files from the subdirectory (www.mysite.com/wordpress) into the main directory (www.mysite.com/wordpress)

Then I went back into the wp-config.php file and removed the code.
define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’https://example.com/wordpress&#8217;);
define(‘WP_HOME’,’https://example.com/wordpress&#8217;);

The site went live but there are just 2 small glitches left
1. When I click the Home button it brings me back to the original path (www.mysite.com/wordpress) where there are no longer any files. All other links are working fine though.

2. I’ve uploaded 2 images but they are showing up as broken links.

Is there a way of making sure all the paths for links, images, video etc.. link back to the main directory from now on? Do I need to start a new thread for this?

Thanks
Grace

Many Thanks for all your help with this. I’m delighted with the help and feedback given.

I managed to get the site back up and live. ?? I went back to the start and using a combination of all the methods and links given to me I managed to rename the URL in the general settings panel.

I then moved all “live” files in a new directory via FTP. Finally I moved all the files from the subdirectory (www.mysite.com/wordpress) into the main directory (www.mysite.com/wordpress)

Then I went back into the wp-config.php file and removed the code.
define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’https://example.com/wordpress&#8217;);
define(‘WP_HOME’,’https://example.com/wordpress&#8217;);

The site went live but there are just 2 small glitches left
1. When I click the Home button it brings me back to the original path (www.mysite.com/wordpress) where there are no longer any files. All other links are working fine though.

2. I’ve uploaded 2 images but they are showing up as broken links.

Is there a way of making sure all the paths for links, images, video etc.. link back to the main directory from now on? Do I need to start a new thread for this?

Thanks

I managed to figure this out with a little trial and error. I went to the Menu panel and clicked into the Home tab – I could change the URL here directly.

Thanks again for all your help!!!!!