{"id":1897,"date":"2023-03-29T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/?post_type=help&#038;p=1897"},"modified":"2023-06-23T20:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T20:26:51","slug":"change-the-location-of-a-sites-folder","status":"publish","type":"help","link":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/help-docs\/advanced\/change-the-location-of-a-sites-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"Change a site&#8217;s folder location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can\u2019t change the location of an existing site, but you can export that site and re-import it as a new site in a different location. The \u201cLocal site path\u201d can be set under the \u201cAdvanced Options\u201d of the site creation screen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1112\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-change-site-folder.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-change-site-folder.jpeg 1112w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-change-site-folder-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-change-site-folder-1024x702.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-change-site-folder-768x526.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1112px) 100vw, 1112px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also an option to change the default location of new sites under: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preferences > New Site Defaults<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1112\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-new-site-defaults.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-new-site-defaults.png 1112w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-new-site-defaults-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-new-site-defaults-1024x702.png 1024w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lhd-new-site-defaults-768x526.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1112px) 100vw, 1112px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/community.localwp.com\/c\/support\/5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Community Support<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can\u2019t change the location of an existing site, but you can export that site and re-import it as a new site in a different location. The \u201cLocal site path\u201d can be set under the \u201cAdvanced Options\u201d of the site creation screen: There is also an option to change the default location of new sites&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"parent":352,"menu_order":2,"template":"","tags":[],"helpcategories":[5],"class_list":["post-1897","help","type-help","status-publish","hentry","helpcategories-advanced"],"acf":{"help_keywords":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/help"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/1897\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"helpcategories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpcategories?post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}