Title: Installed into the wrong folder?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Installed into the wrong folder?

 *  [pinkchez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinkchez/)
 * (@pinkchez)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/)
 * oh my !
    I am so new to this, i have just been told that i have installed my 
   site into the wrong folder, how do i fix this. And that the site really needed
   to be installed in your public_html folder not in the /wp folder
 * please talk me through how i fix this, with simple instructions cos when i look
   at the cpanel it’s rather confusing.
 * My site is [http://www.pinkchez.com](http://www.pinkchez.com)

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 *  [zartgesotten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wearitwell/)
 * (@wearitwell)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435565)
 * You can install wordpress into any folder you wish. And it must be in a right
   folder because it’s online and can be seen by everyone. So leave everything as
   it is and you’re good!
 *  [WebDezein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ggbusta/)
 * (@ggbusta)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435576)
 * You may want to learn about multi-site and subdomain for background information.
 * Jerry
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435593)
 * **[@pinkchez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinkchez/)**: There’s no problem
   with installing WordPress in /wp/ as you did; the install was done correctly,
   and the site appears to be at root pinkchez.com, while WordPress admin has the
   additional /wp/. You’re fine.
 * **[@ggbusta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ggbusta/)**: you’re wrong, and
   you’re confusing the issue here. [@pinkchez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinkchez/)’
   s install has nothing to do with multisite and subdomains.
 *  Thread Starter [pinkchez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinkchez/)
 * (@pinkchez)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435681)
 * Thanks, that’s such a relief. 🙂
    can i ask, why, when i share my url, on places
   like facebook, the description and link say ‘index of’ rather than a photo and
   description of my site? How can i change that?
 *  [tsagita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemurianisindonesia/)
 * (@lemurianisindonesia)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435682)
 * you need to add facebook open graph (OG) tags on your site
 *  Thread Starter [pinkchez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinkchez/)
 * (@pinkchez)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435683)
 * sorry i’ve no idea what that is?
 *  [tsagita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemurianisindonesia/)
 * (@lemurianisindonesia)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435684)
 * add this line :
    <meta property=”og:image” content=”bla bla bla”/> <meta property
   =”og:url” content=”bla bla bla”/> <meta property=”og:title” content=”bla bla 
   bla”/> <meta property=”og:site_name” content=”bla bla bla”/> <meta property=”
   og:description” content=”bla bla bla”/> <meta property=”og:type” content=”bla
   bla bla”/> into header.php themes
 * OR you can install [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-facebook-open-graph-protocol/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-facebook-open-graph-protocol/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinkchez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinkchez/)
 * (@pinkchez)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435690)
 * sorry, as i said in my inital post, i’m very new to this, that means absolutely
   nothing to me, what on earth do i put in the bla bla bits, where do i add it?
 * and will this fix the issue whereever i post the link? as i said it is in facebook
   and other places.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-installed-into-the-wrong-folder/#post-5435712)
 * [@pinkchez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinkchez/): don’t try and cut/
   paste that code. Use the plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-facebook-open-graph-protocol/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-facebook-open-graph-protocol/)
   or another. See [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins)
   on how to add plugins to your site.
 * There is a bit of a learning curve to this stuff, but if you installed WordPress,
   you can figure it out.

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