Title: dropping the /wordpress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# dropping the /wordpress

 *  [mhalden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhalden/)
 * (@mhalden)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropping-the-wordpress/)
 * I have a website (example.com) but in order to access the website I need to enter
   example.com/wordpress. I want to get rid of the /wordpress so that the site is
   displayed at example.com and I can access my wordpress acct and all my admin 
   options at example.com. I have tried several things to do this but none of them
   have worked the way I wanted.
 * I tried to change the blog and wordpress URL to example.com (this resulted in
   me not being able to access the website or the admin page and change it back-
   so I had to totally delete wordpress).
 * I have tried to change just the blog URL this did not do anything (when I entered
   example.com it was a blank page just as before).
 * I have tried to go directly into the database with the info from [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
   and changing the databases url and home information. When I did this the website
   didn’t appear at example.com and at example.com/wordpress the theme was deleted
   and didn’t appear the way it normally does.
 * Finally, I went onto my hosting center through GoDaddy and moved the wordpress
   folder into the html folder. THIS displayed the website at the desired example.
   com (THE FIRST TIME I GOT THIS TO HAPPEN) but I could not log into my wordpress
   account to make blog posts etc. thus it was worthless and I couldn’t log into
   example.com/wordpress to make changes (example.com/wordpress didn’t exist).
 * GoDaddy is suggesting deleting wordpress and installing it again specifying to
   install directly into the root directory but all my hard work would be lost. 
   I am rather computer illiterate and hoping there is a way to fix the problem 
   without deleting all the work I have already done. Any help would be appreciated
   beyond belief, thanks in advance

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 *  [vachi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vachi/)
 * (@vachi)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropping-the-wordpress/#post-834451)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site)
 * this is your answear 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [mhalden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhalden/)
 * (@mhalden)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropping-the-wordpress/#post-834454)
 * Sorry bare with me I am not very computer savy- I tried moving all the wordpress
   files directly into the root directory- This resulted in the website being displayed
   at example.com like I wanted but I couldn’t access the wordpress account and 
   make new posts etc.
 * Is this instructions saying that I should move them back into the root directory
   and follow step #2 – b/c if I move all the files into the root directory I won’t
   be able to log into my administration settings.
 * The 1st option in step #1 involves creating a new directory, how is this done??
 * Sorry I am not very experienced and thanks so much for your help
 *  Thread Starter [mhalden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mhalden/)
 * (@mhalden)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropping-the-wordpress/#post-834511)
 * Still can’t figure this out- any help would be great
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropping-the-wordpress/#post-834512)
 * What about this?
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)

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 * Last reply from: [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropping-the-wordpress/#post-834512)
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