henryholloway

Everything I can find points to ABSPATH being defined in wp-config.php. However, when I update the wp-config.php file from

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
    define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/' );
}

to

define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/' );

The ABSPATH remains the same when I check via wordfence. I have also tried the same procedure in wp-load.php with no luck.

You can update the ABSPATH path from the database.
Check out the below link:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24269955/how-to-change-the-abspath-in-wordpress

Thanks for the information; however, unless I am mistaken, that user was incorrect about needing to update the ABSPATH variable so all the answers explain how to update WP_SITEURL and WP_HOME

I may have found a little extra information that may help. I checked the ABSPATH variable using wordfence, and the wordpress base path reads as ‘/var/www/html/’

As I said, though, that directory does not exist when I SSH into the lightsail instance. Is there a way to update the WordPress ABSPATH? Or should I try to create a WordPress install in ‘/var/www/html/’?

Thank you for responding. However, as stated, I have already tried this and it does not seem to be the solution for me.