Can't change WordPress address (URL)

The only reason that I’m aware of that would make the two fields (WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL)) greyed out is if define('WP_SITEURL', and/or define('WP_HOME', are coded in wp-config.php

Yes, I think you’re right. Bluehost is hosting the Website in question, which is highly recommended by WordPress. So I am wondering why Bluehost isn’t being very compatible with WordPress when it comes to moving a wordpress site. I didn’t ever make any changes within Bluehost’s wp-config.php file.

Has anyone else had this complication?

As soon as you edit the wp-config.php and remove those hard-coded URL statements the problem goes away… Of course, be sure to back up a copy of that file before editing.

I could be wrong, but I’m not aware of any hosts automagically putting those statements in the wp-config. (not defending BlueHost here, but perhaps you’re jumping to the wrong conclusion). Did you or somebody else recently move or migrate your WordPress install? The Moving_WordPress documentation mentions using those statements, perhaps someone did and neglected to remove them when done.

You’re losing me there… I had to follow Bluehosts instructions on manually changing the URL address, which worked just fine. I still don’t quite understand why I couldn’t do that through WordPress’s admin panel, which would have been way easier and about 2 hours less time for me to figure out what the heck was going on. Also, nobody moved or migrated the WordPress site prior to this latest attempt. So, I still don’t quite understand how it came to be greyed out in the WordPress panel. Thanks for your input.

I’m having this problem, except i don’t have WP_SITEURL and WP_HOME hardcoded into my wp-config.php.

How the heck do I get rid of this annoying problem?

SOLVED!!!

Not content for a work around I went digging. I also don’t have WP_SITEURL or WP_HOME set in my wp-config.php. I guessed it might have been a plugin and sure enough, Bingo!!!

I use stray random quotes to put testimonials on a site (love this plugin). The way it works it needs to disable changing the address URL otherwise it would break. I haven’t checked the documentation fully to see if it is mentioned. I disabled the plugin, moved the site, then activated the plugin again. All the settings and quotes were still there.

I hope this helps, there may be other plugins that do the same. Hopefully authors will start prominently documenting this to save some heartache.

I followed the directions here with: on the first method. After removing the hard coded 2 lines “(WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL)” and re-upload again… I get an error still. Please help!!

@ adiant – The only reason that I’m aware of that would make the two fields (WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL)) greyed out is if define(‘WP_SITEURL’, and/or define(‘WP_HOME’, are coded in wp-config.php

@chris K “As soon as you edit the wp-config.php and remove those hard-coded URL statements the problem goes away… Of course, be sure to back up a copy of that file before editing.” I’ve done this but it doesn’t seem to go away.

It’s hosting with godaddy.