Changing Port number in WordPress blog

Question

First of all I installed wamp server on port 8081 (Because there was IIS on 80). the word process was installed successfully and blog was running smoothly. Now I stopped the IIS and set the apache port to 80. But the application is redirecting to port 8081. (Also I copid the wordpress folder to my live domain, in there also it is redirecting to port 8081.) In which file, I need to change the port number? (I have already changed the port number in httpd.conf.)

Thank You in Advance. :)

score 14 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 25 '17 at 13:21

I had an issue where the original port I had specified when I installed WP was changed. I couldn't log into wp-admin because WP kept redirecting to the old port. I used phpMyAdmin to edit the wp_options table. Both the siteurl and home records used the old port. With phpMyAdmin, you can edit cells directly without having to export/import. I thought I'd add this as an answer just in case it helps someone else down the road.

Or use a SQL like this:

update wp_options SET option_value = 'http://your-domain/wordpress:new-port' where option_id = 1 and option_name = 'siteurl';

update wp_options SET option_value = 'http://your-domain:new-port/wordpress' where option_id = 2 and option_name = 'home';

In the SQL section, why do you setup the URL to be site_root :new-port in the first case and site_root:new_port/wordpress in the second. What directory is wordpress/ in both case? — pensebien, Aug 06 '20 at 07:54

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '13 at 10:09

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Go to Dashboard > Settings > General and check what you have for the options:

WordPress Address (URL)
Site Address (URL)

answered May 02 '13 at 10:09

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@ChrisNielsen updates the database, specifically the "options" table – Way Too Simple Oct 18 '18 at 18:49

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 29 '17 at 05:01

I found same problem but I'm using xampp.

Scenario I have setup another new server using xampp in a different port (8090), then I transferred the existing WordPress to the new server but it was still keeping redirection to the original port.

Solutions Updated the option_value in the table wp_options in mysql to the new port. Here is an example updated query.

UPDATE `wordpress`.`wp_options`
SET
`option_value` = 'http://localhost:8090/wordpress'
WHERE `option_id` = 1 or `option_id` = 2;

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '17 at 22:32

If you just want to do it quickly you can change the values in the database. Connect to the [mysql] db for your blog and update the values in the wp_options table.

    # mysql -u root -p

    > use [yourWordpressDBName]

    >    UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://www.oldurl.com:80','http://www.newurlcom:8080') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';

And then connect in your browser- the url is changed!

I had to do this to get a 2nd docker instance of WP working on a different port on the host.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 17 '20 at 13:18

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Go to your phpmyadmin and inside your database you will see wp_options open it and edit the port

answered Jul 17 '20 at 13:18

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 05 '21 at 06:48

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If none of the answers works consider checking your .htaccess file.

answered Dec 05 '21 at 06:48

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Changing Port number in WordPress blog

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