{"id":24301,"date":"2022-02-02T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/wordpress-moving-from-subdomain-folder-to-public_html\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T13:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:09:56","slug":"wordpress-moving-from-subdomain-folder-to-public_html","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wordpress-moving-from-subdomain-folder-to-public_html\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress: Moving from subdomain folder to public_html"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<blockquote><p>This guide provides you with steps to move your WordPress installation to the root folder should you have installed in a sub like folder \/wp \u00a0by accident<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong>&#8211; Login to WordPress Admin.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The admin panel for your WordPress is normally your domain \/wp-admin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered aligncenter\" style=\"width: 371px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33039229226\/original\/pasf9wcuYbrKi35nHuC4VpPS3clj5MQQjQ.png?1586270451\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33039229226\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 2-<\/strong> Go to<strong>\u00a0Settings &gt; General\u00a0<\/strong>and update your WordPress URL&#8217;s<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Be sure to remove the trailing \/<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Click Save Changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered aligncenter\" style=\"width: 608px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33039230105\/original\/ck0ABjdustNSlKHLvvb-9mGm6vhePLBmlg.png?1586271233\" data-id=\"33039229718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 3 &#8211;<\/strong> Go to the sub folder via <strong>File Manager<\/strong> and move the files to the root folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Click the \/wp directory containing the WordPress abs select all the files in the folder.<\/li>\n<li>Click the Move File icon.<\/li>\n<li>In the Move dialog box, remove the \/wp \u00a0so the path you are moving to is \/public_html or Addon domain folder<\/li>\n<li>Click Move Files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered aligncenter\" style=\"width: 673px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33039230724\/original\/V3FucFq1jImYVn6tazZC4KdDZIIIAMMwiw.png?1586271828\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s it !\u00a0<\/strong>You&#8217;ve moved your WordPress to the root folder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INFO:\u00a0<\/strong>If you experience any issues with your WordPress links please install<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/velvet-blues-update-urls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Velvet Blues Update URLs plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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