Moving WordPress from Sub-Directory to Root Directory EASILY

Moving WordPress from Sub-Directory to Root Directory

Reasons why Sub-Directory is used in website development

1. Many clients want developer to show mockup website design or demo of the website ,so Sub-Directory or subdomain is mostly used by web developer .so if you are web developer you must have already installed WordPress website,HTML,PHP,ETC on Sub-Directory or subdomain
2. Sub-Directory WordPress website doesnt interfere with LIVE site .so even if there are 1ooo errors on the Sub-Directory say  www.XYZ.com/wp ,still the LIVE site say  www.XYZ.com will be without any error
3. Sub-Directory WordPress website helps you add user defined path instead of default WordPress login path ,so if default WordPress login path is say www.XYZ.com/wp-login.php which any HACKER can easily guess and can easily HACK your website .To avoid that you can always install WordPress website in a Sub-Directory say www.XYZ.com/xqsa .So your login path will give you extra security.

Follow below wordpress tutorial for Moving WordPress from Sub-Directory to Root Directory easily –

Suppose you have made Sub-Directory wp for developing a new WordPress website at say for example www.XYZ.com,so  the full path of  your new WordPress website along with Sub-Directory will be www.XYZ.com/wp  where wp is the name of Sub-Directory where we have installed new WordPress website.

Its very easy to move WordPress website installed at  www.XYZ.com/wp where wp is the name of Sub-Directory  to the root which is  say www.XYZ.com  here.

Step 1-Turn off Permalinks

To start you will have to go to Settings > Permalinks  of this WordPress  www.XYZ.com/wp

Next choose Plain radio button to turn off Permalinks

Click the Save changes button and move on to the next steps

Below image example shows how to choose Plain radio button to turn off Permalinks  in https://localhost/ localhost environment

Step 2-Change Site Address (URL) only

Next go to Settings > General, change the address of your  Site Address (URL)   but keep the address of WordPress address (URL) unchanged. For example,

By default it will be shown as below

• WordPress address (URL): www.XYZ.com/wp
• Site Address (URL): www.XYZ.com/wp

After Changing above Site Address (URL) www.XYZ.com/wp to www.XYZ.com you will get below

• WordPress address (URL): www.XYZ.com/wp
• Site Address (URL): www.XYZ.com

Below image example shows how to change Site Address (URL)

Click the Save changes button and move on to the next steps

Step 3-Copying index.php,.htaccess Files to the root directory

Next using FTP or CPanel file manager, copy (don’t move) the following files from your WordPress sub directory i.e wp to the root directory:

• index.php
• .htaccess, if you have one. If there isn’t an .htaccess file (and the fact that you’ve turned off pretty permalinks means you’re less likely to have one), don’t worry about creating one—just skip this step.

Step 4-Editing index.php Files

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Next Edit the file index.php which you’ve just copied in to the root directory  in the above step

Now only edit you need to make is to find one line at the end of the file as shown in the bold text below

Now Save the new index.php file .

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