Softaculous issue

  • I originally installed WordPress in a sub directory (/dev) using the Softaculous installed my web host provides. When I was done, I moved the installation up one level to the root directory, deleted /dev and updated the database. Everything works fine, except:

    Softaculous still thinks there’s an installation at /dev and I get messages periodically to update this.

    I’d like to either delete this now phantom install in Softaculous, or update the path in Softaculous, but I don’t want this to damage my installation.

    Have others run into this issue and what’s the best way to resolve it?

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  • Yes, happened to me as well. Once you do what you did with your installation, you need to “tell” Softaculous that there’s nothing in that folder any longer. ?? I can’t remember where to go exactly in order to do that, but it is definitely inside cPanel.

    Thread Starter jgold723

    (@jgold723)

    Thanks. And changing that won’t affect the installation?

    Well, if you adjust the path, Softaculous should continue to update your WP automatically (if you’ve set it that way during initial installation), for every minor upgrade, like 4.7.4 -> 4.7.5 for instance, maybe even for major ones 4.7.4 -> 4.8, and if you delete that line it will not update anything and you’ll have to do the updates from within the dashboard.

    Thread Starter jgold723

    (@jgold723)

    OK. My biggest concern is that it won’t affect/change the database.

    Nope, it has nothing to do with the database whatsoever.

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