{"id":5168,"date":"2018-05-16T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T11:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5168"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:49","password":"","slug":"restore-original-wordpress-url","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/restore-original-wordpress-url\/","title":{"rendered":"How to restore original WordPress URL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After changing the Site and home page URL to temporary through the database, we can revert the site URL.<\/p>\n<p>To revert it, you don\u2019t require to login to the database, you can do it from the WordPress dashboard through this steps.<\/p>\n<p>Log in to WordPress as the administrator.<\/p>\n<p>Under\u00a0Dashboard, click\u00a0Settings, and then click\u00a0General.<\/p>\n<p>Under\u00a0General Settings, in the\u00a0WordPress Address (URL)\u00a0text box, type the URL using the site&#8217;s domain name:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/orig-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/orig-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/orig-50x30.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/orig-320x194.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/orig.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0Site Address (URL)text box, type the URL using the site&#8217;s domain name:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/original-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/original-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/original-50x30.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/original-320x194.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/original.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0Save Changes. 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