[Hidden-tech] Advice re changing URL of a Wordpress site?

[Rich Roth]

Gordon,
Short answer, it's probably not a simple fix.
If you fix the redirect in .htaccess, you will probably make the 
'redirect' loop you are seeing worse.

2 places to start looking:
- Make sure your menu definitions are proper -- you might need to 
redefine them in the menu builder
- get a URL fixing plugin -- like this: 
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mpress-fix-url-references/

Here are an articles discussing the issue, that talks about another 
fixup plugin
http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-update-urls-when-moving-your-wordpress-site/

I would not recommend you trying to fix the database references 
yourself, it is messy even for a mysql expert,
hence the plugins

I would also recommend, using this to confirm all is good once done:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/

You will probably get some emails from HT experts in WP - you might 
consider having someone work with you on this.
Also, check the local Wordpress groups on Meetup.com --- a number of WP 
pros not on HT are there.

Good luck - Rich/Webmaster HT

On 10/19/2017 7:33 AM, Gordon Kramer wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I'm hoping this will be a simple question for someone who really 
> understands how Wordpress sites are set up! I have a Wordpress site 
> set up in a subfolder of my personal website: 
> http://my_website.com/wp_folder
>
> After the site was up and running, I got a domain name for it, set up 
> the nameservers to point to my hosting account, and in the hosting 
> account created the add-on domain so the domain name points to the 
> subfolder. That all works fine - you put the domain name in your 
> browser, it goes to the site's home page. BUT: When you select a page 
> in the site's menu, it redirects to the page in 
> http://my_website.com/wp_folder/, rather than in the new domain. I've 
> tried fixing this in the WP admin General section (Site Address and 
> Wordpress Address), but keep running into problems: On the site I get 
> error messages that 'the page isn't redirecting properly', or I can't 
> load the WP Admin at all, etc. I'm wondering if what's really needed 
> is to modify the .htaccess in the Wordpress folder, but am not sure of 
> what to do. I've tried to read up on this subject, but the info I find 
> is complex and often contradictory... so am hoping someone familiar 
> with this can cut through the complexity!
>
> As a fringe benefit, it would be nice if the WP admin would load at 
> the new domain's URL rather than my personal site's URL - but that's 
> secondary and I could easily let that go.
>
> Any help is very appreciated!
>
> Regards,
>    Gordon Kramer
>
>
>
>
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