301 a website to mine within a subfolder
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Hey there Mozzers,
I have purchased a very amazing Social Media Related Plugin. I already have a business website about digital marketing which pretty much falls in the same category.
I am thinking of transferring that plugin into a subfolder of my own website.
Is there anything I should keep in mind when I do that?
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I am using Wordpress for CMS.
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Without the CMS I will guess WordPress.
Move to or add subfolder (if needed)
MAKE A BACK UP I like blogvault.com , vaultpress.com & sucuri.net backups
This url shows you it all.
for moving back to root I KNOW IT IS (mostly great tools you will need anyway)
http://askwpgirl.com/move-wordpress-subdirectory-root/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
use
https://generatewp.com/wp-config/
/* Custom WordPress URL. */ define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com/blog'); define('WP_HOME','http://example.com/wordpress'); define('WP_CONTENT_URL','http://example.com/wordpress/wp-content'); define('UPLOADS','http://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads'); define('WP_PLUGIN_URL','http://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins'); define('COOKIE_DOMAIN','cookies.example.com');
just plugins
See: https://yoast.com/smarter-upload-handling-wp-plugins/
add_filter('upload_dir', 'my_upload_dir'); $upload = wp_upload_dir(); remove_filter('upload_dir', 'my_upload_dir'); funcion my_upload_dir($upload) { $upload['subdir'] = '/sub-dir-to-use' . $upload['subdir']; $upload['path'] = $upload['basedir'] . $upload['subdir']; $upload['url'] = $upload['baseurl'] . $upload['subdir']; return $upload; }
rel=canonical and how to 301 to subfolder
In Settings > General, change the address of your site but not the address of WordPress. For example, if you've been working on the site at
example.com/development
, change the settings as follows:- WordPress address (URL):
http://example.com/development
- Site Address (URL):
http://example.com
Click the Save changes button and move on to the next steps before trying to access your site.
Copying the Files
Using FTP or CPanel file manager, copy (don't move) the following files from your WordPress directory to the root directory:
index.php
.htaccess
, if you have one. If there isn't an.htaccess
file (and the fact that you've turned off pretty permalinks means you're less likely to have one), don't worry about creating one—just skip this step.
Editing index.php
Edit the
index.php
file that you've moved. You could do this by:- editing it in situ after the move, using an FTP client or cPanel file manager
- downloading it from the subdirectory, editing it and then uploading it to the root directory—instead of making a copy
The edit you need to make is to one line at the end of the file. Find the line that reads as follows:
| 1 |
require
('./wp-blog-header.php)
|Change it to:
| 1 |
require
('./subdirectoryname/wp-blog-header.php)
|So if you've been developing in
example.com/development
, just change the line to:| 1 |
require
('./development/wp-blog-header.php)
|Save the new
index.php
file.Create Redirects
Use this tool to generate redirects from your old permalink structure to the
/%postname%/
permalink structure.Your Redirects
Add the following redirect to the the top of your
.htaccess
file:RedirectMatch 301 ^/https://www.yoursite.com/subfolder/([^/]+)/$ https://www.yoursite.com/https://www.yoursite.com/subfolder/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/https://www.yoursite.com/blog/([^/]+)/$ https://www.yoursite.com/https://www.yoursite.com/blog/$1
See: https://yoast.com/change-wordpress-permalink-structure/
Use: https://yoast.com/research/permalink-helper.php/
&
https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-url-permalink/
I hope this helps,
Tom
- WordPress address (URL):
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Out of curiosity, what CMS is your site on?
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