Removing the word WordPress from my URL

See here for the procedure.
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

I have followed the procedure but when I try and log in then I get a 404 message. How can I repair that? I couldn’t find a .htaccess file

So where are your WordPress files currently residing? In the root on in a folder called wordpress?

Hi,

Add this code in htaccess and have a check:

RewriteRule ^wordpress/(.+)$ https://www.yourblog.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Thanks,

Shane G.

@t31os_ I had installed wordpress under https://www.example.com/blog, so I created a new folder and moved all the files to https://www.example.com/wordpress. I copied the index.php on the notepad and changed the “./wp-blog-header.php” to “./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php”. I later saved the new text and loaded it into the new wordpress folder and also to the blog folder. I deleted the old index.php file. Then I got the 404 message…..
@shane G. I can’t find the .htaccess, I even tried to use myphpadmin but I couldn’t find it. How do I get the .htacces to change the code you gave me?

May I suggest that you try putting everything back to https://www.example.com/blog

According to my File Manager the wordpress has been moved from blog to wordpress…so if I change back to blog then I can’t acces wordpress

Hello

I had a similar problem, and since it was a new blog I could simply delete the database in cPanel and start over. Here were the steps I followed:

Deleted my database.

Deleted wordpress files using file manager.

At this point, “public_html” were empty. Deleted files _vti_inf.html and postinfo.html , and the directories cgi-bin, images and _vti_bin.

Uploaded the ALREADY UNZIPPED wordpress files and directories (with their contents) from my desktop to “public_html” using FileZilla.

Then I followed the 5-minute install instructions on www.ads-software.com and now the blog is working perfectly and is in my root directory which means “www.mysite.com”

Hallo,
Thanx a lot, I just found the easiest way wonder why I never thought about it. Delete the database and delete all wordpress files from file manager then reinstall. During installation if done automatically from the host, you just leave a blank and it installs in the root directory.