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Move Your WordPress Site to a Different Directory

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Last Updated: June 19, 2015 9:58 AM

What if you installed WordPress® in the wrong directory? Don't worry — it happens all the time. If you installed it through your hosting account's control panel, moving it to the correct location is pretty simple.

To Move Your WordPress Site to a New Directory

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. Click Web Hosting.
  3. Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Manage.
  4. In the Software section, click Installatron Applications Installer.
  5. Select the application you want to move, and then click Clone.
  6. In the Destination section, make sure to select the correct Domain and Directory where you want to move the site.
  7. Click Clone.

If you have issues with your site's permalinks after completing these steps, see Fixing Permalink Issues with WordPress.