Title: Errors when WordPress setup as a subdirectory
Last modified: November 7, 2016

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# Errors when WordPress setup as a subdirectory

 *  [Maje Media LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/majemedia/)
 * (@majemedia)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-when-wordpress-setup-as-a-subdirectory/)
 * Hello,
 * I utilize wordpress as a subdirectory.
 * I found an issue with your download.php file assuming that the wp-load.php file
   was a few directories down.
 * fixed (line 3 was the issue) this replaces line 3:
 * `require_once( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/wp-config.php' );`
    `require_once(
   ABSPATH . "/wp-load.php");`
 * this at least fixes the case for both standard installs and wp as a subdirectory.

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 * Last reply from: [Maje Media LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/majemedia/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-when-wordpress-setup-as-a-subdirectory/)
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