{"id":4240,"date":"2018-05-16T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T10:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4240"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:49","password":"","slug":"configure-wordpress-use-temporary-url","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/configure-wordpress-use-temporary-url\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Configure WordPress to Use Temporary URL"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0Databases section of the cPanel home screen, click\u00a0phpMyAdmin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/phpmy-300x112.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/phpmy-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/phpmy-50x19.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/phpmy-320x120.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/phpmy.png 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the left-hand pane of phpMyAdmin, click the WordPress database. A list of tables in the database appears:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dbt-148x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dbt-148x300.png 148w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dbt-25x50.png 25w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dbt.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the\u00a0Table heading, click the\u00a0wp_options A list of data rows appears:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tb-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tb-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tb-50x34.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tb-320x216.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tb.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the\u00a0option_nameheading, locate\u00a0siteurl, and then click\u00a0Edit:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/home-300x63.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/home-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/home-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/home-320x68.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/home.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click Go phpMyAdmin saves the changes in the table.<\/li>\n<li>Under the\u00a0option_nameheading, locate\u00a0home, and then click\u00a0Edit:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/url-300x63.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/url-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/url-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/url-320x68.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/url.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click\u00a0Go. phpMyAdmin saves the changes in the table. 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