Moving Wordpress Questions?

My wordpress is downloaded and installed in the folder /site

I am wanting to move the entire thing to root directory. What is the easiest way to do this while still have everything work properly?

 

is it on a sub-domain like http://example.com/blog and you want to move it to http://example.com

 

1. backup files and mysql db
2. go to wp-admin > options - change both URL fields to the new place. Save.
3. move the files with your ftp client to the root of your site

this is the way!
but there's on more important thing - lot of your file paths (pictures, files... in articles) will remain with the old url's
so - download this plugin

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/

Code (markup):

and carefully made some changes in your DB

search for: example.com/site and change to: example.com

wish you luck.
if something goes wrong - you got backup

 

Search RedirectMatch. It is simple but very usefull !

 

Its kinda simple. Agree with theivo. Good Luck!

 

Here is an easy Step by Step:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

 

Hi,

You can using this plugin to update all url in posts, pages,...

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/

Code (markup):

I used it 3 days ago and I thinks it very useful.

 

Do you have to do a fresh WP install on the new domain?

 

Another dirty trick to update the URLs is to open the DB file with any truster text editor as Notepad2 or Notepad++ for example and to use "Search and Replace" function and then to import this file to the new DB in the server

 

Have a Fresh install on the new server you are moving to.. and drop the backed up database from the old one.

And if you are doing the same server transfers, just drag and drop it and correct urls using some plugins..! Simple