: PHP - How to Backup and Move Wordpress Blog Website to different directory on the same host I setup a blog for development purposes on the *.com/a/ directory and now want to move it to the

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The WordPress codex has step-by-step instructions for Moving WordPress Within Your Site:



Create the new location using one of these two options: If you will be
moving your WordPress core files to a
new directory, create the new
directory. If you want to move
WordPress to your root directory, make
sure all index.php, .htaccess, and
other files that might be copied over
are backed up and/or moved, and that
the root directory is ready for the
new WordPress files.
Login to your blog. Go to the Administration > Settings > General
panel.
In the box for WordPress address (URI): change the address to the new
location of your main WordPress core
files.
In the box for Blog address (URI): change the address to the new
location, which should match the
WordPress address (URI).
Click Save Settings.
(Do not try to open/view your blog now!)
WordPress 2.0 only: Delete the folder wp-content/cache.
Move your WordPress core files to the new location. This includes the
files found within the original
directory, such as
example.com/wordpress, and all
the sub-directories, to the new
location.
If you are using Permalinks, go to the Administration > Settings >
Permalinks panel and update your
Permalink structure to your .htaccess
file, which should be in the same
directory as the main index.php file.
If you have problems with missing images that you've uploaded, you need
to change the path to the images on
every post directly on your SQL
database. For this, follow the
instructions on Tamba2's Tutorial
"Moving your weblog inside your PC".
You must also check and edit 'store uploads folder' under Settings >
Media or all your new uploads will continue to go into the old folder.
Existing image/media links uploaded media will refer to the old
folder and must be updated with the
new location.
In some cases your permissions may have changed, depending on your ISP.
Watch for any files with "0000"
permissions and change them back to
"0644".
If your theme supports menus, links to your home page may still have
the old subdirectory embedded in them.
Go to Appearance::Menus and update
them.


It is important that you set the URI
locations BEFORE you move the files.

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