Title: Domain mapping plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Domain mapping plugin

 *  [mkuhnell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkuhnell/)
 * (@mkuhnell)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/)
 * I have WordPress installed in a subdirectory. The plugin is giving an error saying
   that it will only work if WP is installed in the root directory.
 * What can I do? I would really like to get another site up, but everything I’ve
   been told is that it’s very hard to move an installation.

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162514)
 * It’s not that hard. It does take a few st3eps, but it’s nothing that can’t be
   done pretty easily. You can find a great guide at [Moving WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress).
 *  Thread Starter [mkuhnell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkuhnell/)
 * (@mkuhnell)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162539)
 * Is there no other option?
 * It says in [this part of the codex ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
   that I should be able to keep wp in its own folder and run in from the root directory,
   even with multisite. But it isn’t possible to follow the directions with the 
   multisite dashboard.
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162542)
 * It is possible to run a notwork from a sub-folder. I’ve done it before so I know
   it works. The only thing that comes to mind that might block that somehow is 
   your `.htaccess` file, so I’d try that first.
 *  Thread Starter [mkuhnell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkuhnell/)
 * (@mkuhnell)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162543)
 * I already tried moving the installation to root according to the guide you gave
   before. Unfortunately, something is truly screwed up. I can’t get the admin page(
   or anything other than the frontpage of the main site) to load.
 *  Thread Starter [mkuhnell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkuhnell/)
 * (@mkuhnell)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162544)
 * It’s at [theslowroad.org](http://theslowroad.org)
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162546)
 * Looking at that you need to update the sites URL in the database. Your site looks
   wrong because it’s still trying to load everything from the old URL.
 * The best tool that I’ve found for that so far is [this](https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/).
   Run that and enter the right values and it will get your site back to working
   again.
 *  Thread Starter [mkuhnell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkuhnell/)
 * (@mkuhnell)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162547)
 * Do I install that in the same folder as wordpress?
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162548)
 * Yes. To make things easy it should go in the same folder as your `wp-config.php`
   file.
 * Oh, and remember to delete it off the server as soon as you’ve finished with 
   it!

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 * Last reply from: [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-plugin/#post-5162548)
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