Where is domain home dir defined?

Ming Lu

• August 20, 2018 20:39

I am a new host owner. ISP helped me set up cPanel, and I could access my domain though default page which is index.html in the folder /home/ME/public_html. Then I installed wordpress into the folder /home/ME/public_html/wordpress, and I still could access my domain by /home/ME/public_html/index.html. After some change and play, when I try to access my domain, it always go to directory /home/ME/public_html/wordpress and try to run index.php under this folder and my URL bar shows www.MyDomain.ca/wordpress even I enter is www.MyDomain.ca My question are: (1) Where the domain home folder is defined? Could I change it back to /home/ME/public_html? (2) Is it the task of ISP, cPanel, WordPress or me? (2) Do I have a way to uninstall wordpress clearly? Thanks

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 21, 2018 20:44

  Hello @Ming Lu, It's likely the WordPress directory was modified using one of the methods documented on the link below: Giving WordPress Its Own Directory " WordPress Codex Can you confirm if any rewrite rules exist in the .htaccess file within the /home/username/public_html directory? Thank you.

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  Ming Lu

  • August 22, 2018 00:53

  Hello, Michael: I tried to find .htaccess file yesterday, but I could not find it within the /home/username/public_html directory. I also searched the file in whole my file system, and only find following one: public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/akismet/.htaccess Then I did a lot of operation, including (1) remove wordpress, (2) copy all public_html sub-folders from a backup file. Now it seems my domain home folder is /home/username/public_html: when I enter Giving WordPress Its Own Directory. I did steps (7,8,9) in Method II (With URL change). Maybe it is the reason I was run into problem. Thanks for your help.

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 22, 2018 14:01

  Hello @Ming Lu, I'm glad to see you were able to solve the issue. Going forward, it's a good idea to install WordPress using the WordPress Manager option in cPanel (if your hosting provider has enabled it). We document this option at: WordPress Manager - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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