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How to: Change your WordPress blog URL

Written by Malin on August 14, 2007 – 11:35 am -

Before changing anything in the files, do a backup just in case!

This is a little tutorial on how to change your WordPress blog URL without moving any files!

Lets say that you have installed WordPress in a subfolder called “blog” and the URL is: http://www.mywpblog.com/blog/
That long URL isn’t very nice to look at or to type in. You can change all this so that http://www.mywpblog.com/ can be the address to your blog instead. There is no need to move all these files from the subfolder to the root!

Here is the simple 9 step way to do it:

1. Create a index.php file by just open a text editor, like NotePad, create a new file, copy and paste the code below. Where it says “blog” you have to change it so it matches the name of your own subfolder! Then choose “Save file as” and in the filename column, type in index.php and save.
   <?php /* Short and sweet */ define('WP_USE_THEMES', true); require('./blog/wp-blog-header.php'); ?>
2. Upload the index.php file to your root.
3. Also remember to move the .htaccess file (that’s in your subfolder) to root as well. You might want to download it and open it in a text editor and check the coding in it. It should look like this, otherwise it probably won’t work:

   # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress

Then save the file without editing the filename, and upload the file to your root.

4. Log in to your WP administration panel and click the “Options” tab.
5. In the “General Options“, look up where it says “WordPress address (URL)” and “Blog address (URL)“.
6. In the “WordPress address (URL)” area, the URL to your WP installation already should be filled in, it should say something like http://www.mywpblog.com/blog/ so no need to change that one!
7. Lets focus on the “Blog address (URL)” area. It will already be filled with ie http://www.mywpblog.com/blog/ but here is where you change it. And since you want the URL to be without the subfolder, you just delete /blog/
8. Now it should say http://www.mywpblog.com in the field, then press “Update Options“
9. The next step is to go to the “Options” tab again, click on “Permalinks” and the click on the “Update permalinks structure” button. Then you’re done!

Now the address to your blog will be http://www.mywpblog.com instead of http://www.mywpblog.com/blog/. And it looks way better!

For more advanced (or a better explanation for those who have a hard time with mine) instructions you can check out the WordPress codex about Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site.

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