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This guide will show you two ways to change the URL (address) of WordPress.

Why change URL in WordPress?

• It is desirable to switch to www instead of without www.
  For example, if you use Cloudflare trough PRO ISP inside cPanel then www must be set as the URL.
• It is desirable to change to https from http.
  https is recommended both for the security and speed for the web pages.
• The installation has been moved from a subdirectory or subdomain.
  For example, it is desirable to move the page from test.exampledomain.org to exampledomain.org Or exampledomain.org/blog to exampledomain.org.
• It is desirable to move from one domain name to another. Or from a temporary address to the domain name.
  For example, oldexampledomain.org to exampledomain.org.

Change the URL in phpMyAdmin

In this example, we'll change the URL from:
https://www.exampledomain.org/wordpress/ to https://www.exampledomain.org/. In advance, we have moved the files/folders from the wordpress folder to the public_html folder. When accessing the domain now it will not work.Its' needed to change the URL in WordPress to get access again.

Step 1:
Login to cPanel and click on "phpMyAdmin".

1. Click the database you want to change the URL.
2. Click the "_options" table.
3. Under the "siteurl" and "home" rows you will find the old address that needs to be changed. Double-click the box under "option_value" and change the URL to https://www.exampledomain.org/ in both fields.

Done
You will now have access to WordPress on the https://www.exampledomain.org/ page, but all previous URLs in the database will still use the old address that needs to be changed.

Change URL in wp-config.php

In this example we will change the URL to the same as shown in the example above.

Step 1:
Login to cPanel and click on "File Manager".

1. Click on the "public_html" folder on the left menu.
2. Go down and click on the wp-config.php file.
3. Then click "Edit" in the top menu.

Step 2:
Now the file is open for editing and above "/ * That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. * /" you can enter these two lines:
define ('WP_HOME', 'https: //exampledomain.org/');
define ('WP_SITEURL', 'https: //exampledomain.org/');

Then save the file as shown by the arrow.

Done
You will now have access to WordPress site on the https://www.exampledomain.org/ page, but all previous URLs in the database will still use the old address that needs to be changed.