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Wordpress Domain Rename

You have a new Wordpress URL? You want to move your Wordpress installation from a subfolder to another subfolder or just change the domain of Wordpress? With this tutorial we explain how you can rename or move your Wordpress instance.

1. Log in to Plesk & create a backup using the “Backup Manager”.
2. Add the following 2 lines to the end of the file ‘wp-config.php’:

   define('WP_HOME','http://www.musterdomain.ch');
   define('WP_SITEURL','http://www.musterdomain.ch');

3. Now log in to Wordpress at www.musterdomain.ch/wp-admin
4. Install the following Wordpress extension: https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/ and activate it.
   Alternatively, you can use Better Search Replace at: https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/
5. Open the extension under “Tools” > “Update URLs”.
6. Enter the old URL in the upper field and the new URL in the lower field and then click on “Update URLs NOW”.