Major wordpress move, need help figuring out.

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by TechDesigner, Jun 21, 2012.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I have around 3000+ posts, 400tags, 12 categories.

    The site permalink was set to %postname%

    So now my problem is that there are 3000+ posts on example.com/wordpress/(xxxxxx)

    Since wordpress is already in it's directory I want to move it to root of the site, also I want these posts to fall in their own categories and not just %postname%

    From : example.com/wordpress/(xxxxxx)
    To : example.com/wordpress/categoryname/(xxxxxx)
    OR : example.com/categoryname/(xxxxxx)

    How do I configure my 301 redirect for tags, categories and posts?

    How do I not get 404 errors on 2000 images attached to these posts. I believe if I'm moving the wordpress in root, I have to move the wp-content also.
     
    TechDesigner, Jun 21, 2012 IP
  2. xtrapunch

    xtrapunch Greenhorn

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    You can find a very detailed tutorial here: codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
    For changing the permalink, you can do it through the 'Permalinks' menu. For 404 errors, you can use some WP plug-in or make changes to the HTACCESS file of the main folder.
     
    xtrapunch, Jun 21, 2012 IP