Title: [Plugin: WordPress Move] Manual move question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Move] Manual move question

 *  Resolved [ruchti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruchti/)
 * (@ruchti)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-manual-move-question/)
 * I am trying to move a site from a test subdirectory to the root domain.
 * I was having trouble getting the backup to automatically populate to the remote
   path on the new server, even though it said the transfer was successful, so I
   just manually moved the backups and sql file created by WP Move to the backups
   folder on the new server via FTP.
 * I then went into the new installation and used the WP Move “Migration Assistant”
   to restore. Everything worked, but I cannot log in to WordPress at the new installation.
   When I go to domain/wp-admin it forwards me to the old sub-directory domain/subdirectory/
   wp-admin and I get stuck in a loop. The only way to log in is to manually go 
   to domain/subdirectory/wp-admin in my browser.
 * I’m guessing this happened since I used manual backups. Is there something more
   I need to edit or modify?
 * Thanks,
 * ruchti
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/)

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 *  [badluck13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/badluck13/)
 * (@badluck13)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-manual-move-question/#post-3030076)
 * Hi, You need to go to database and to wp_options and to correct siteurl to your
   new url, and after it go to your site wp-admin -> option -> general and correct
   WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL).
 *  Plugin Author [Mert Yazıcıoğlu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merty/)
 * (@merty)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-manual-move-question/#post-3030082)
 * Sincerely sorry for the late reply.
 * One can always add the following to the `wp-config.php` file if the URLs do not
   work as expected.
 *     ```
       define( 'WP_HOME', 'http://www.yourdomain.com' );
       define( 'WP_SITEURL', 'http://www.yourdomain.com' );
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-move-manual-move-question/#post-3030082)
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