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Accidentally set up WordPress droplet with wrong domain

Yep, I typed my domain in wrong when installing WordPress on my droplet via SSH. I can’t get into wp-admin or anything because the IP address redirects there and takes me to URL not found.

How do I correct it?

(For the same reason, Let’s Encrypt SSL was not installed, which I would like solved too.)


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KFSys
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March 15, 2023
Accepted Answer

Hey @09215b4768b24d74ae4b11e85ca1d4,

You can do a couple of things here.

Update wp-config.php You can define your domain in your wp-config.php like so:

define( 'WP_HOME', 'http://domain.com' );
define( 'WP_SITEURL', ‘http://domain.com' );

Update database with wp-cli There is another way and it is to update your Database using wp-cli. WP-CLI is the command-line interface for WordPress. You can update plugins, configure multisite installations and much more, without using a web browser. To install it, you just need to run the following:

  1. curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
  2. php wp-cli.phar --info
  3. chmod +x wp-cli.phar
  4. sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp

Once you have it installed, you can run the following command to change your WP_HOME And SITEURL

wp option update home 'http://domain.com'
wp option update siteurl 'http://domain.com'

Recreate your Droplet

You can also recreate your Droplet if the above tasks are too much for you.

Let’s Encrypt

Let’s encrypt can’t be installed if you don’t give a valid e-mail address.

Bobby Iliev
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March 15, 2023

Hi there,

In addition to what has already been mentioned, as this is a brand new WordPress installation and you still have not made any changes, an alternative approach here is to delete the Droplet and create a new one.

Best,

Bobby

alexdo
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March 15, 2023

Hello @09215b4768b24d74ae4b11e85ca1d4

You can also check this question which was previously posted here in our community.

I’ve posted an answer which you may find useful.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/change-url-in-wordpress

Regards

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