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Move WordPress to a different URL path on the same domain with NGINX

By default, WordPress is available at the domain or IP address root URL, such as http://SERVER-IP or http://example.com. To move WordPress to a different path on the same domain or IP address, such as http://SERVER-IP/blog or http://example.com/blog, follow these steps:

  • Log in to the server console using SSH.

  • Edit the /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/nginx-prefix.conf file and update it to reflect the new path:

    location /blog {
    alias "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs";
    include "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/nginx-app.conf";
}

  • Look for the lines below in the file /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php file:

    define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');
define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');

    Modify them to reflect the new path, as below:

    define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/blog');
define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/blog');

  • Restart NGINX:

    $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart nginx
Last modification February 13, 2020