Changed my URL and I can’t access my website
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Hi, I changed my URL in settings->general and now I can’t access my website because I guess the new url I entered is taken or doesn’t work. Can you give me step my step directions on how to change my URL back to my original so I can get why website back?
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Hi there,
It seems you are using the self-hosted version of WordPress to host your website.
Just to clarify, this support forum assists users of WordPressdotcom hosted sites and the guidance provided here may not be relevant to DIY WordPress.org sites hosted with an external hosting provider.If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and the self-hosted WordPress.org:
Having said that you can try the following:
Please go the cPanel on your hosting platform,
1.Aaccess phpMyAdmin on your host, then find your database and check the wp_options Table (Note: The table prefix of wp_ may be different if you changed it when installing)
2. Make sure siteurl field and home field are correct. You can correct them here to what they were before.See https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database
Consider taking a backup of your database before making any changes.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database
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