How to Move WordPress From a Subfolder to the Root Directory
- Log in to your CPanel yourdomainname.com/cpanel
- Find File Manager in the Files section.
3 Go to the public_html folder or folder domain that you wanted to configure
- Double click on wp folder
- Once get in, click select all
- Right click on any file and choose move
- It will come out with this pop up. Change the path by delete the wp. example : /public_html/
- Find wp-config.php, right click on it and choose view to see your database's name.
- Find this section in wp-config.php file and remember your database name
- Go to your home Cpanel dashboard and search for PhpMyAdmin
- Find your database's name and look at options table. Click on it
- Navigate to this section and change your url to main url, delete the subfolder's name. Example : https://yourdomain.com/
- Once done, Go to Wordpress Manager
- Find your domain with the subfolder url. Click the dropdown button on left
- Click Remove
- Then, import your WordPress back by click scan at the top of the list
- Click Start scanning for installations
Updated on: 07/10/2021
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