{"id":289,"date":"2011-11-04T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T20:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/11\/04\/wordpress-changing-the-site-url-and-home-settings\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:30:03","slug":"wordpress-changing-the-site-url-and-home-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wordpress-changing-the-site-url-and-home-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress &#8211; Changing the Site URL and Home Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to migrate your <strong>WordPress site<\/strong> or change the domain name or location of your WordPress installation, it\u2019s good to keep in mind how WordPress keeps track of itself via the <strong>WordPress Address<\/strong> and <strong>Site Address<\/strong> settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These settings can be adjusted directly in the WordPress admin dashboard from <a href=\"#admin-dashboard\"><strong>Settings &gt; General<\/strong><\/a> or you can make these modifications to <strong>wp_options<\/strong> table in the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-warning\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> In the vast majority of cases, both the Site URL and Home fields will be the same address. You only need to change the Site URL setting to be different if you have a custom installation in which your system administrator has placed the core files outside of the document root directory of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"home-and-siteurl\">WordPress WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 2 WordPress options that you can adjust to change the behavior of how WordPress works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WordPress Address (URL) \/ WP_SITEURL:<\/strong> The address where your WordPress core files reside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Site Address (URL) \/ WP_HOME: <\/strong>The address typed in a browser to reach your WordPress blog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>WordPress Address (URL) \/ WP_SITEURL<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Site Address (URL) \/ WP_HOME<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/change-url\/file-manager-wordpress-core-files.png\" alt=\"cPanel File Manager showing WordPress core files\"><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/change-url\/web-browser-site-url-showing.png\" alt=\"Web browser showing WordPress site URL setting\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/change-url\/url-settings-in-wordpress-dashboard.png\" alt=\"WordPress URL settings in admin dashboard\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see from the example above, I have my WordPress core files stored inside my <strong>\/public_html\/wp<\/strong> directory so that they aren\u2019t clogging up my root directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However I still want people just to type in <strong>https:\/\/www.example.com<\/strong> to get to my WordPress site, so I\u2019ve left that set as my <strong>Site Address<\/strong> so WordPress knows this is what I want displayed instead of the core files location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just one example of what can be done with WordPress URL settings. You might also need to modify these settings after moving your WordPress website to a new server, or testing a new structure for your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"admin-dashboard\">How to Change Your WordPress Site URL in Admin Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also adjust your WordPress URL settings directly from the admin dashboard. This method will typically work if you haven\u2019t moved your WordPress installation and aren\u2019t having any issues access it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/logging-into-wordpress-dashboard\/\">Login to WordPress admin dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Settings &gt; General<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill in your <strong>WordPress Address<\/strong> and <strong>Site Address<\/strong> and click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<br><br><div class=\"alert alert-warning\" role=\"alert\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Be aware with these settings in the <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> file, the ability to modify them from the dashboard is lost.<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/website\/how-to-edit-a-file\/\">Edit<\/a> your <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define your <code>WP_HOME<\/code> and <code>WP_SITEURL<\/code> settings by inserting these lines of code towards the top: \n<pre>define('WP_HOME','https:\/\/example.com');\ndefine('WP_SITEURL','https:\/\/example.com');<\/pre> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"database\">How to Change Your WordPress Site URL in the Database<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also directly modify your WordPress URL settings in the WordPress database using the phpMyAdmin tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-backups\/#database\">Backup your database in cPanel<\/a> prior to making changes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/installing-phpmyadmin-on-your-account\/\">phpMyAdmin<\/a> to manage your WordPress database.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your WordPress database from the left.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/change-url\/phpmyadmin-select-wordpress-database.png\" alt=\"phpMyAdmin select WordPress database\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then select your <strong>wp_options<\/strong> table. Your <strong>wp_<\/strong> prefix may differ depending on your install settings.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/change-url\/phpmyadmin-select-wordpress-options-table.png\" alt=\"phpMyAdmin select WordPress options table\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Edit<\/strong> beside either the <strong>siteurl<\/strong> or <strong>home<\/strong> entries. You may need to search for them with the <strong>Filter rows<\/strong> function at the top.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/change-url\/phpmyadmin-click-edit-on-siteurl.png\" alt=\"phpMyAdmin click edit on siteurl\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter in your new value in the <code>option_value<\/code> field, then click <strong>Go<\/strong> to save the changes.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/change-url\/phpmyadmin-update-siteurl.png\" alt=\"phpMyAdmin update siteurl\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"relocate-flag\">Detect and Change WordPress Address with RELOCATE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re having issues accessing your WordPress dashboard, you can have WordPress automatically try to figure out what the correct <strong>WordPress Address<\/strong> should be using the <code>RELOCATE<\/code> flag in your <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alert alert-warning\" role=\"alert\">With the <code>RELOCATE<\/code> flag set, WordPress will automatically update your WordPress core files path to the URL used to attempt to access the <strong>wp-login.php<\/strong> script. This only affects the WordPress dashboard and not the site itself.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/website\/how-to-edit-a-file\/\">Edit<\/a> your <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the top of the file, add the following line of code: <pre>define('RELOCATE',true);<\/pre> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now visit your <strong>https:\/\/www.example.com\/wp\/wp-login.php<\/strong> page in your web browser. Be sure to type in the path of your WordPress core files before <strong>wp-login.php<\/strong>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Log into your WordPress dashboard as you would normally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you navigate to <strong>Settings &gt; General<\/strong>, you should now see that WordPress has automatically populated the <strong>WordPress Address (URL)<\/strong> field for you, with the path to your WordPress files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"jumbotron\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Hosting Optimized for WordPress<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Purpose-built infrastructure optimizes WordPress sites for speed and security. 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Watch our video to learn how to change your Site URL and Home URL settings in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Method 1: Change Your URL From The WordPress Dashboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Method 2: Change Your Site URL with a Search &amp; Replace Plugin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Method 3: Change Your Site URL With WP-Config File (Advanced)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Method 4: Change Your Site URL With WP-CLI (Expert)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"imh-youtube-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCBeGldXgEs\" title=\"4 Ways to Change Your Site URL and Home URL in WordPress\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"name\":\"4 Ways to Change Your Site URL and Home URL in WordPress\",\"description\":\"To change your site URL and home URL in WordPress you need to know about the Settings in WordPress.\",\"uploadDate\":\"2024-01-12\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/uCBeGldXgEs\/hqdefault.jpg\"}<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Looking for more guides? 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