systems:wordpress:wordpress_setup_and_configuration [Audina Documentation]

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WordPress Setup & Configuration

Move Site

Using the Admin Panel:

Login to admin panel in current site. Eg: http://www.example.com/test/wordpress/wp-admin
Go to Settings > General.
Change to new URL in these fields:
- WordPress Address (URL). Eg: http://www.example.com/wordpress (assuming old URL http://www.example.com/test/wordpress)
- Site Address (URL). Eg: http://www.example.com/wordpress
Save & logout while ignoring errors and warnings.
Move files to new path. Eg: % mv /var/www/test/wordpress /var/www/wordpress
Test new URL. Eg: http://www.example.com/wordpress

Alternatively, you can change the database entries like this:

Edit file <wordpress>/wp-login.php, and find this line:

require( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-load.php' );

and insert the following lines below:

//FIXME: do comment/remove these hack lines. (once the database is updated)
update_option('siteurl', 'http://www.example.com/wordpress' );
update_option('home',    'http://www.example.com/wordpress' );

Visit the site one time. Eg: http://www.example.com/wordpress
Remove those lines in <wordpress>/wp-login.php.

In phpMyAdmin, you can edit the following:

In the wordpress database, edit table 'wp-options'.
Change the following fields:

wp-options
option_name	option_value
siteurl	http://www.example.com/wordpress
home	http://www.example.com/wordpress
fileupload_url	Edit as needed (if this exists)

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