Title: WordPress URL changing itself?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress URL changing itself?

 *  [NFWRo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfwro/)
 * (@nfwro)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-url-changing-itself/)
 * I am having a very strange problem with one of my customer’s sites. The original
   set up was fine, but recently, I am unsure when, the WordPress URL in the General
   Settings changed to a url that is actually one of that customers domains and 
   that is mapped onto the main domain. My customer maintains that neither he nor
   the other person who has access to the administration area has made this change
   and I certainly haven’t. After I asked them about it, I went in and it was back
   to the correct url, but now it has changed again. I’m really confused.
    We can
   access the admin area by using the url that it’s set to but I want to change 
   it back so that all is correct. My questions are these: 1. Are there any repercussions
   to simply changing it to the correct url from within the admin area? 2. Could
   this possibly be a sign that he admin area has been hacked? I find it difficult
   to believe since the only change is to a domain owned by the site owner.
 * Many thanks for any light anyone can shed on this strange issue.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-url-changing-itself/#post-3142751)
 * 1. Yes. The site can stop working or can be displayed with out any CSS. There
   is also no access to the wp-admin area any longer.
 * 2. I find that highly unlikely, too. Might be worth having a word with the hosts
   to see if there’s anything on their end that could have caused this.
 *  Thread Starter [NFWRo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfwro/)
 * (@nfwro)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-url-changing-itself/#post-3142760)
 * Thanks for the quick reply esmi.
    1. So even though I would be changing the WordPress
   url back to what it should be, ie the path to where the core files actually lie,
   it could still break the site? 2. I have asked the hosting company and they assure
   me that this could only have been manually changed by someone with access to 
   the admin area.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-url-changing-itself/#post-3142829)
 * 1. Yes. The correct ways to change site urls are listed in [Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL).
 * 2. They’re right. The only proviso might be if an older database backup was restored
   that included the wrong urls – possibly after a server issue. Unlikely but worth
   checking up on.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-url-changing-itself/#post-3142829)
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