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There are many reasons which warrant a change of WordPress site URL. Top reasons include:
  • Moving WordPress site from HTTP to HTTPS
  • Migrating WordPress site to a new domain
  • Moving WordPress site from local site to a live site
  • Moving WordPress site to a different directory.
There are three ways to change or update WordPress URLs; this article describes how to change WordPress site URLs using phpMyAdmin.

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Changing the WordPress site URL

To change the website URL in WordPress, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to cPanel.
    📘 Note If you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account, please see this article.
  2. In the Databases section of the cPanel home screen, click phpMyAdmin:\
  3. In the left-hand pane of phpMyAdmin, click the WordPress database. A list of tables in the database appears:\
Typically, the WordPress database is
username_wpXXX or
username_a2wpXXX , where username represents your cPanel username, and XXX is a three-digit number.
  1. Under the Table heading, click the wp_options table. A list of data rows appears:\ phpMyAdmin - WordPress options table
  2. Under the option_name heading, locate siteurl and home, and then click the pencil icon next to Edit the option value for each row:
  3. Update the option_value field to the new site URL:
Important
  • Make sure you type the correct URL, or your WordPress installation will be inaccessible.
  • Make sure the URL begins with http://.
  • Make sure the URL does not end with a forward slash ( / ).
  1. Under the option_name heading, locate home, and then click Edit:
  1. Click Go. phpMyAdmin saves the changes in the table. WordPress should now function correctly using the new URL.