Temporary url for wordpress

[Euk-Brent]

Most of the time we use temporary URL to check if site is functioning properly before updating name server.

But suppose you are using wordpress, then temporary url will not work, as by default wordpress work's on the url it has been installed i.e domain name.

In this case for wordpress to work on temporary url you will need to change site url in wordpress database.
If you are on cPanel server then temporary url will be http://ipaddress/~username.

Following steps will guide you to change wordpress URL:

1) Login to cpanel >> phpMyAdmin >> Select database for wordpress
2) Now you will see all wordpress tables, here locate for table wp_option and browse it as shown in the image below.

3) On clicking browse button, a window will open containing multiple fields from the table, here look for column name option_name.
Now edit filed named siteurl and home which contains url on which wordpress was installed.

4) To edit database table field's click on corresponding pencil icon as shown in above image. This will open new windows for editing.

5) Now as shown in the above image replace http://yourdomainname.com with the temporary url and click on Go button at the bottom. Do this for both siteurl and home.

Note: yourdomainname.com will be your actual url on which you had previously installed wordpress.

Temporary url will be http://ipaddress/~username i.e replace ipaddress and user name with your actual server ip address and cpanel user name.

That's all

[eUK-Victor]

Re: Temporary url for wordpress

Hi,

Hi
I set up word press on my domain but as my domain is still live and hosted elsewhere I have been given a temporary url just like http://ipaddress/~username
In the general settings of my word press panel I have changed both the word press address and site address to http://ipaddress/~username
Please can you confirm if this is correct and that I can now build the new site whilst the old static site remains live?
And what happens when I need to put the new word press site live? Where do I put the actual url?
And will the pages and links I build in word press need changing. ie. from http://ipaddress/~username/about-us to http://yourdomainname.com/about-us?

Thanks in advance!

Yes, if you've changed both the word press address and site address to http://ipaddress/~username in your word press installation then it will work fine from our server.
You're correct. You can start building the site as the old static site remains live as it is on your remote server. Your new site will get built with a temporary url on our server.

Once the site start resolving from our server then you'll again need to change the word press url in its respective word press configuration file[wp-config.php] with the actual domain name.
You'll also need to change all the instances of temporary URL "http://ipaddress/~username" with the actual domain name url in all the web pages of your word press application and in the database related to your domain's word press installation on our server.

If in case, you'll face any difficulty whilst doing these changes then you may please requested to open a support ticket and ask us to do these changes for you and we will get it done accordingly.

If you still have any doubts questions in this regard, then please contact us by initiating a live chat conversation so that we will clear all of your queries in this regard.

[eUK-Victor]

Re: Temporary url for wordpress

Thank you Victor for your quick reply and I apologise for the delay in getting back to you.
Thank you also for the offer of help when it comes to moving the site over, it's much appreciated.

Hi,

Thanks for your appreciation in this regard. Its my pleasure to serve the genuine clients like you and such appreciation will surely boost the morale not only mine but also of our entire support team.