How to modify wordpress 3.3.1 url with phpMyAdmin. 01/09/12

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For some days now I’ve had to operate some changes on WordPress blogs whose URL was not valid (in order to see the preview or transfer of an old domain that is no longer functional). Here is how to change the main url of your WordPress installation trough phpMyAdmin .

  1. Open an FTP program to search for the WordPress configuration file named wp-config.php
  2. Search for the line define (‘DB_NAME’, ‘XXX_XXX‘); the name of the database is in red in this example.
  3. Log in using phpMyAdmin and then select the database in question from the toolbar on the left.
  4. You will then find the line (suffix)_option to the left
  5. The line to edit is: siteurl

Now you only have to save the changes you just made and the site will be displayed correctly.

About Frederick Mercier

Fred Mercier is a Webhosting, CMS, E-Commerce Specialist who turned to blogging, as a part time hobby, to motivate himself to write about the problems he resolves each day while serving his clients.


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