There are some other instances where you may need to update your Site URL as well, namely if you are seeing a lot of too many redirect error messages.<\/p>\n
WordPress Address vs. Site URL<\/h3>\n
When you change your WordPress Site URL, you need to update 2 settings separately – WordPress Address and Site Address. This can be confusing if you don’t know the difference between the two settings.<\/p>\n
Your WordPress Address is the address\/location where WordPress and the files\/folders it requires for operation are stored, as well as your administrative pages, media files, your plugins, and themes, etc…<\/p>\n
Your Site Address is the publicly addressable part of your website – i.e. the URL visitors type in their browser to access your website.<\/p>\n
Typically, these addresses are the same, however, some users may want to store their WordPress files in a separate directory and have their website as the Site URL.<\/p>\n
We will cover the various methods to change your Site URL below.<\/p>\n
How to Change Your WordPress Site URL<\/h3>\n
We will cover the various methods to change your Site URL below.<\/p>\n
Using the WP-Admin Area<\/h3>\n \t\t\r\n \t\t\tImportant:<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tThis method assumes you have access to your \/wp-admin. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n
Step 1:<\/strong> Login to your \/wp-admin and using the menu on the left hover over Settings and click General.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-3-535x783.jpg\")
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Step 2:<\/strong> Beneath General Settings you can enter a new WordPress Address URL and a new Site Address.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-1-783x415.jpg\")
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Using the two text boxes, you can enter your new URLs.<\/p>\n
Don’t forget to click Save Changes at the bottom to store the settings. You’ll also want to visit your site to make sure the new URLs are working okay.<\/p>\n
How to Change WordPress URL in wp-config.php File<\/h3>\n
The second most common way to change your WordPress URL is in your wp-config.php<\/code> file. It is important to know that values in wp-config.php will override the settings in your WordPress admin panel (General Settings)<\/p>\nThe wp-config.php file is typically located in the root directory<\/a> of your WordPress site and can be accessed via FTP<\/a>, SSH<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn your wp-config.php file, add these two lines somewhere above the line that tells you to stop editing:<\/p>\n
define( 'WP_HOME', 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld' );\ndefine( 'WP_SITEURL', 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld' );<\/pre>\nSave your wp-config.php file and close it.<\/p>\n
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WP-CLI<\/a> is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations, without using a web browser.<\/p>\n \t\t\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tChemiCloud\u2019s WordPress hosting infrastructure supports WP-CLI out of the box. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n
Step 1:<\/strong> Open up an SSH connection to your hosting account. If you are not familiar with how to do this, please review our KB on the topic here<\/a>.<\/p>\nStep 2:<\/strong> Once you are connected via SSH, you would use the following commands:<\/p>\nwp option update home 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld'\nwp option update siteurl 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld'<\/pre>\nAfter you type out each command, press enter\/return on your keyboard to execute the change.<\/p>\n
Congrats! Using this command you will have updated your WordPress Site URLs!<\/p>\n
How to Change WordPress Site URLs using phpMyAdmin<\/h3>\n \t\t\r\n \t\t\tImportant:<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tBefore using this method, be sure you create a backup of your WordPress Database in case you make a mistake. If you are not familiar with how to do that, please reference our KB article on that here<\/a>. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\nStep 1:<\/strong> Log in to your cPanel. There’s a lot of ways to do this, but the sure-fire easiest way is to log in to your Client Area<\/a>, then open your cPanel.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab.jpg\")
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Step 2:<\/strong> Under the Databases section, click phpMyAdmin to open the utility.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3-783x195.jpg\")
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Step3:<\/strong> When phpMyAdmin opens, look for your database on the left:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-3.jpg\")
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Click the + next to the database to expand it. Once expanded, click on the wpft_options table. Note, don’t click the + next to it, just click on the name.<\/p>\n
Your table prefix may vary<\/strong>, however, your table names will still be the same, so you’ll want to click the one that ends in _options in your phpMyAdmin.<\/p>\nStep 4:<\/strong> After clicking on the options table, you will see a screen that displays each row in that table. It will look very similar to the one below:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5-2-783x673.jpg\")
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The rows we need to look for are at the top. Look under the column\u00a0option_name<\/strong> for the ‘siteurl’ and ‘home’:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6-1-783x107.jpg\")
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Beneath the column\u00a0option_value<\/strong> you can triple-click into the row to make the data in that column editable. After doing so, enter your new Site URL Address in BOTH<\/strong> the siteurl and home rows.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7-783x247.jpg\")
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Congrats! Using this method you will have updated your WordPress Site URLs!<\/p>\n
How to Change WordPress Site URLs using WordPress Search and Replace Plugin<\/h3>\n
The Better Search Replace<\/a> is a fantastic (and free!) plugin you can use to update your website URLs. This plugin is especially useful<\/strong> if you have changed your domain name entirely as it will scan your WordPress site for any mention of your old domain in your posts and pages and update the links with your new domain name.<\/p>\n \t\t\r\n \t\t\tImportant Note:<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\r\n \t\t\t\t\tThe Better Search Replace plugin is not capable of changing your WordPress Address and Site Address. The purpose of the Better Search Replace plugin is to update posts\/pages in your WordPress site after you have changed your domain name from something like, mydomain.com to mynewdomain.com. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n
Step 1:<\/strong> Login to your \/wp-admin and using the menu on the left, hover over Plugins and in the little menu that expands, click Add New.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-4.jpg\")
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Step 2:<\/strong> Using the search in the top right corner, search for Better Search Replace, then press enter\/return on your keyboard to submit the search query.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-2-783x270.jpg\")
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Step 3:<\/strong> Locate the Better Search Replace plugin in the results and click the Install button to download & install the plugin.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-2-783x573.jpg\")
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After the plugin has downloaded, click the blue Activate button to enable the plugin.<\/p>\n
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After activating the plugin you will be redirected to the Plugins page where you will see the installed plugins listed.<\/p>\n
Step 4:<\/strong> Open Better Search Replace by navigating to the menu on the left and hovering over Tools, then click Better Search Replace.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5-1-446x783.jpg\")
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Step 5:<\/strong> On the Better Search Replace Screen, you have several options. Let’s review them:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6-783x777.jpg\")
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In\u00a0Search For<\/strong> you would enter your old domain name.
\nIn\u00a0Replace With<\/strong> you would enter your new domain.
\nIn\u00a0Select Tables<\/strong> you would highlight all of the WordPress database tables you want to search and update.
\nIf your search is case-sensitive, you can check the case-sensitive box.
\nReplace GUIDs:\u00a0It is generally advised to leave this unchecked. For more info, click here.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Lastly, you have the option to run as a dry run.\u00a0<\/strong>This option will scan the database, but will not make any changes, allowing you to see what will change beforehand.<\/p>\nTo update your site’s posts and pages to your new domain name, enter the old domain in\u00a0Search For<\/strong> and the new domain in\u00a0Replace With<\/strong>, then uncheck the run as dry run <\/strong>box and click the Run\/Search Replace button to make the changes.<\/p>\nIf you enjoyed this tutorial, then you\u2019ll love our support! All ChemiCloud\u2019s hosting plans include 24\/7 support from our amazing support team.<\/p>\n
\r\n \t\t\t\t\tThis method assumes you have access to your \/wp-admin. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n
Step 1:<\/strong> Login to your \/wp-admin and using the menu on the left hover over Settings and click General.<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Beneath General Settings you can enter a new WordPress Address URL and a new Site Address.<\/p>\n Using the two text boxes, you can enter your new URLs.<\/p>\n Don’t forget to click Save Changes at the bottom to store the settings. You’ll also want to visit your site to make sure the new URLs are working okay.<\/p>\n The second most common way to change your WordPress URL is in your The wp-config.php file is typically located in the root directory<\/a> of your WordPress site and can be accessed via FTP<\/a>, SSH<\/a>.<\/p>\n In your wp-config.php file, add these two lines somewhere above the line that tells you to stop editing:<\/p>\n Save your wp-config.php file and close it.<\/p>\n Struggling with WordPress troubleshooting? ChemiCloud is the hosting solution designed to save you time and money! <\/b>\ud83e\udd13<\/span> Try our <\/b>Managed WordPress Hosting<\/b><\/a> plans for just $1!<\/b><\/p>\n WP-CLI<\/a> is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations, without using a web browser.<\/p>\n \t\t \r\n \t\t\t\t\tChemiCloud\u2019s WordPress hosting infrastructure supports WP-CLI out of the box. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n Step 1:<\/strong> Open up an SSH connection to your hosting account. If you are not familiar with how to do this, please review our KB on the topic here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Once you are connected via SSH, you would use the following commands:<\/p>\n After you type out each command, press enter\/return on your keyboard to execute the change.<\/p>\n Congrats! Using this command you will have updated your WordPress Site URLs!<\/p>\n \r\n \t\t\t\t\tBefore using this method, be sure you create a backup of your WordPress Database in case you make a mistake. If you are not familiar with how to do that, please reference our KB article on that here<\/a>. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n Step 1:<\/strong> Log in to your cPanel. There’s a lot of ways to do this, but the sure-fire easiest way is to log in to your Client Area<\/a>, then open your cPanel.<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Under the Databases section, click phpMyAdmin to open the utility.<\/p>\n Step3:<\/strong> When phpMyAdmin opens, look for your database on the left:<\/p>\n Click the + next to the database to expand it. Once expanded, click on the wpft_options table. Note, don’t click the + next to it, just click on the name.<\/p>\n Your table prefix may vary<\/strong>, however, your table names will still be the same, so you’ll want to click the one that ends in _options in your phpMyAdmin.<\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> After clicking on the options table, you will see a screen that displays each row in that table. It will look very similar to the one below:<\/p>\n The rows we need to look for are at the top. Look under the column\u00a0option_name<\/strong> for the ‘siteurl’ and ‘home’:<\/p>\n Beneath the column\u00a0option_value<\/strong> you can triple-click into the row to make the data in that column editable. After doing so, enter your new Site URL Address in BOTH<\/strong> the siteurl and home rows.<\/p>\n Congrats! Using this method you will have updated your WordPress Site URLs!<\/p>\n The Better Search Replace<\/a> is a fantastic (and free!) plugin you can use to update your website URLs. This plugin is especially useful<\/strong> if you have changed your domain name entirely as it will scan your WordPress site for any mention of your old domain in your posts and pages and update the links with your new domain name.<\/p>\n \t\t \r\n \t\t\t\t\tThe Better Search Replace plugin is not capable of changing your WordPress Address and Site Address. The purpose of the Better Search Replace plugin is to update posts\/pages in your WordPress site after you have changed your domain name from something like, mydomain.com to mynewdomain.com. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n Step 1:<\/strong> Login to your \/wp-admin and using the menu on the left, hover over Plugins and in the little menu that expands, click Add New.<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Using the search in the top right corner, search for Better Search Replace, then press enter\/return on your keyboard to submit the search query.<\/p>\n Step 3:<\/strong> Locate the Better Search Replace plugin in the results and click the Install button to download & install the plugin.<\/p>\n After the plugin has downloaded, click the blue Activate button to enable the plugin.<\/p>\n After activating the plugin you will be redirected to the Plugins page where you will see the installed plugins listed.<\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> Open Better Search Replace by navigating to the menu on the left and hovering over Tools, then click Better Search Replace.<\/p>\n Step 5:<\/strong> On the Better Search Replace Screen, you have several options. Let’s review them:<\/p>\n In\u00a0Search For<\/strong> you would enter your old domain name. To update your site’s posts and pages to your new domain name, enter the old domain in\u00a0Search For<\/strong> and the new domain in\u00a0Replace With<\/strong>, then uncheck the run as dry run <\/strong>box and click the Run\/Search Replace button to make the changes.<\/p>\n If you enjoyed this tutorial, then you\u2019ll love our support! All ChemiCloud\u2019s hosting plans include 24\/7 support from our amazing support team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\nHow to Change WordPress URL in wp-config.php File<\/h3>\n
wp-config.php<\/code> file. It is important to know that values in wp-config.php will override the settings in your WordPress admin panel (General Settings)<\/p>\ndefine( 'WP_HOME', 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld' );\ndefine( 'WP_SITEURL', 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld' );<\/pre>\n
How to Change WordPress URL With WP-CLI<\/h3>\n
wp option update home 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld'\nwp option update siteurl 'https:\/\/mynewdomain.tld'<\/pre>\n
How to Change WordPress Site URLs using phpMyAdmin<\/h3>\n \t\t
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\nIn\u00a0Replace With<\/strong> you would enter your new domain.
\nIn\u00a0Select Tables<\/strong> you would highlight all of the WordPress database tables you want to search and update.
\nIf your search is case-sensitive, you can check the case-sensitive box.
\nReplace GUIDs:\u00a0It is generally advised to leave this unchecked. For more info, click here.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Lastly, you have the option to run as a dry run.\u00a0<\/strong>This option will scan the database, but will not make any changes, allowing you to see what will change beforehand.<\/p>\n