To Move Wordpress Mu To Another Directory or Upper Directory
How can I move wordpress mu installation out of its original directory to another directory or to upper level of directory? I tried to do this once, but it broke the already installed wordpress mu.
Can any experienced wordpress mu user here gives me a detailed instruction of what to edit, to move, to protect, and to change settings in specific files and folder in order for the moving of wordpress mu installed directory to work correctly? Thanks...
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Erstwhile founder
Hiya,
WPMU should always be installed in the root directory of a domain/subdomain.
Thanks,
Andrew
Move the files where you want (preferably the root), and then you will have to edit the URL in the database in a few areas.
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I edit all the URLs in the database. It is working fine now, but I fear when I upgrade to a newer version of wpmu, the settings might be screwy, as I don't remember which files in the wp-content, wp-includes, wp-admin, and other files to edit the correct URLs. The truth is that beside editing the URL in the database, I did an edit with wp-config.php and changed the base to the correct URL. What else do I have to do to ensure a complete URL transition?
The URL is only stored in the database and the config file, that's it.
It is NOT hardcoded anywhere in any of the files under those directories. They all grab the URL from the database. If it works fine for you now, it should work fine after an upgrade.
Me thinks you've forgotten the .htaccess file, Andrea.
But other than that, that should do it.
- Database
- wp-config (base setting, should be /)
- htaccess (rewrite base, should also be /)
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate
- wp-config (base setting, should be /)
- htaccess (rewrite base, should also be /)
Assuming of course that you do have it installed in the root of the site in question.
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Yep, yep I did forget...
I should probably write this all down. Like in a blog or something.
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate
Hmm, i wonder where you could find one of those...
WPMU should always be installed in the root directory of a domain/subdomain.
I have mediawiki, textpattern, and wpmu all running on the same box. I don't think all their files can just live in the root directory.
Plus, it's a lot cleaner to have a /wpmu/ folder off the root.
I found this post that talks about using a redirect in the .htaccess file.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mu-directory
RewriteRule ^(.*) /mu-directory/$1 [L]drmike says this would kill the server. Is that right? I don't understand the additional load this would add...
Erstwhile founder
Hiya,
I'm afraid we really don't support installing WPMU in a directory. It really does need to be installed in the root directory of a domain or subdomain.
Thanks,
Andrew
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Keeper of the Dark Chocolate
Should we start moving these into the general help forums now?
Erstwhile founder
Yep :)
Thanks,
Andrew
