This Codex article is quite helpful:
https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Moving_a_Root_install_to_its_own_directory
(Read it like 10 times, then go thru it one step at a time…not being oblique, but it is quite accurate and works).
Can you please let us know if when you do login if the site and home url are the same?
No they are different. site is domain name to root, wordpress point to subdirectory. I just wondering if I should be logging into the admin by specifying the subdirectory in the path or whether I have done something wrong and its not working right. Its not completely clear if that is a normal procedure
thanks
If all is setup correctly then you will be redirected to the login.
site.com/wp-login.php
or
site.com/wp-admin
redirects to
site.com/subdirectory/wp-login.php
or, respectively
site.com/subdirectory/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fsite.com%2Fsubdirectory%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1
And of course you could also use
site.com/subdirectory/wp-login.php
or
site.com/subdirectory/wp-admin
So the answer is, it doesn’t matter, does it?
I would use the root login url as you can then someday change the sub-folder name and not worry about the url, it will still work.
