A recent problem has been occurring with the latest version of the automatic installation of Wordpress 2.6.2 via Fantastico De Luxe (and possibly through other installation methods as well).

When installing version 2.6.2 of Wordpress through Fantastico it adds your domain name directly to two fields within the options table in the Wordpress database. If you are like us you probably install Wordpress, Install a base theme, than get to work customizing that theme to fit your needs. You probably like to have a live version to check revisions, changes, etc… prior to going live with your site.

For example we install and view our new site via IP address prior to changing over the nameservers. This allows us to make all applicable changes to the site, get client approval, as well as do all of our browser checks. If using 2.6.2 with Fantastico the automatic install will actually redirect to your primary domain, even if you are trying to access the site via IP. This is also helpful if you wish to test prior to your DNS propagating.

Wordpress Fix

It really is a quick fix. It really is going to depend on your version of Cpanel and your theme, but it should be relatively the same.

1. Login to Cpanel
2. Go to “MySQL Databases” (look for the Dolphin Logo)
3. Scroll down the page and find the link that says PHPMyAdmin (click that link)
4. Look for the Wordpress database. It’s probably something like _wrdp1
5. Click the Wordpress database
6. Click the “Browse” icon next to the WP_options table
7. Click the Pencil Icon next to the siteurl under “option_name”
8. Remove the URL showing there and add in the URL in which you want the blog to show up on. For example for us its something like http://(yourIP)/~yoursite You should know what URL you want it to go to. Than click “Go”
9. Now depending on how many fields are showing up you may need to go to page 2 or page 3. You are looking for the “home” under “option_name”. Click the pencil icon, change the URL, and click Go.

That’s it. You’re done. You should be able to test the site. Make your changes, adaptations, and customizations.

Changing the Redirect URL in Wordpress

To change the URL back to your primary domain just follow the same steps that you did to change it the first time around.

Hope this helps some of you that may run into this problem like we did and need a quick fix.