URL without WP

Hello,

Do you have access to the database either via phpmyadmin or directly? If the latter, you can simply log into phpmyadmin, go to the relevant rows, and change them back to what they were. Once logged in, go to the wp_options table and find two rows named siteurl and home and simply change them back to what they used to be. See the following screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/NcTdSOB.png

If you only have direct access to the database you can use regular mysql statements to change things back:

update wp_options set option_value = 'https://theessentialotherhalf.com/wp1' where option_name = 'siteurl';

I hope this is useful. Let me know either way.

Cheers.

Kendall,

Thank you it has been a number of years since I maintained a website (last one was through wordpress) and I remember this same issue. Just not how to fix it…
Tried to load the phpmyadmin plug in last night and it would not let me. I will try again this evening see if it works.

Thanks
Dave

Dave,

Thanks for the update. Let me know one way or another.

Cheers.

Kendal Cannot figure out how to get the myphpadmin to install so that I can open it and make the appropriate edits….Is it supposed to be a plugin, or something I am opening up separately??

phpmyadmin is something completely separate from WordPress and might not be installed on your server at all. If you have access to it, then it’s a very valuable tool. If not, then either you or a server administrator will need to log into mysql and make the changes there.

If your server has cpanel, then you can access phpmyadmin from there. If you have ssh access, then you should be able to log into mysql.

Kendall, Shortly after posting this I was in contact the administrator…she is working on it….

Thanks
Dave

Okay. Good luck.

Kendall,

Very busy week so I am just now getting back to working on my site…I got access to phpmyadmin…I have gone into WordPress Dashboard Settings General and changed the Site Address URL to https://theessentialotherhalf.com

I left the WordPress Address URL as https://theessentialotherhalf.com/wp1

I went into phpmyadmin, wp_options, and changed
Line 1 Siteurl https://theessentialotherhalf.com yes

Line 2 automatically changed to https://theessentialotherhalf.com yes

Now if I try to go to my site nothing comes up, but I figured out how to restore so I am learning…

I have tried to read what to do next, but I am struggling. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dave

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Dave,

What happens if you change both of them to include the /wp1 at the end? This should bring it back to how it was originally before it messed up unless I’m mistaken.

Let me know.

Kendall,

First of all I wanted to let you know that I truly appreciate your patience and help… Below is probably more detail than you need, but I want to include what I did so that I can fix this and get my site without the /wp at the end.

I got into phpmyadmin and reset everything back to the way it was. I got
https://theessentiaotherhalf/wp working again and https://theessentialotherhalf.com/wp1 working again. I left the https://theessentialotherhalf.com/wp1 alone and it is still up.

I then went into the https://theeessentialotherhalf.com/wp/wp-admin and into general settings changed the Site Address (URL) to https://theessentialotherhalf.com and saved it.

I then went into the WordPress Forums and searched removing the wp using phpmyadmin to see if I missed something earlier. I followed those directions in phpmyadmin I went to the database that held the https://theessentialotherhal.com/wp information. I clicked the wp_options tab clicked that and opened the Table wp_options and changed Line 1 Siteurl to https://theessentialotherhalf.com and changed Line 2 Home to http:theesentialotherhalf.com.

Now when i try to open http:theessentialotherhalf.com I get
Index of/
cgi-bin/
wp/
wp1/

If I click on the cgi-bin I get a Not on the Server and a 404 message
If I click on the /wp I get one of the original background photos I used and a couple of the original links.
If I click on the /wp1 it takes me to the active /wp1 site.

What to I need to do now to open website without the /wp at the end of it.

Did I miss a step somewhere??

Thanks Again
Dave