Title: Problem shifting WordPress to root
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Problem shifting WordPress to root

 *  [CrazyKaps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazykaps/)
 * (@crazykaps)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-shifting-wordpress-to-root/)
 * I have wordpress installed in a sub-folder /wp. I had set it up to send people
   to site.com/wp using the redirect code mentioned in “[Pointing your home site’s URL to a subdirectory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)“.
   I then wanted to shift it to site.com and followed the steps give in [Moving_WordPress#When_Your_Domain_Name_or_URLs_Change](https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#When_Your_Domain_Name_or_URLs_Change)
 * I even used Velvet Replace URL plugin to set my URLs right. However, my homepage
   does not display now. However, all other posts and pages opened up with the new
   URLs.
 * Any idea what the problem may be?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-shifting-wordpress-to-root/#post-6531024)
 * What do you see instead of your homepage? What is the URL of the site?
 *  Thread Starter [CrazyKaps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazykaps/)
 * (@crazykaps)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-shifting-wordpress-to-root/#post-6531118)
 * Sorry, was away from wordpress for a while. I was seeing the initial error page‘
   Site Under Construction’ which appears for this one when there’s nothing to display.
   I’ve made my peace with the redirect, for now, however.
 * The URL of the site is [http://riskisgood.com](http://riskisgood.com)
    it’s set
   to redirect to htttp://riskisgood.com/wp
 *  [ikaring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikaring/)
 * (@ikaring)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-shifting-wordpress-to-root/#post-6531119)
 * I think you can follow “Moving a Root install to its own directory” section of
   this page.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 * You can skip 1,3, and 6, since you have already moved WP core to subdirectory.

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 * Last reply from: [ikaring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikaring/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-shifting-wordpress-to-root/#post-6531119)
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