WordPress Troubleshooter. Can’t change WordPress website address (URL)

This tutorial will show you how to resolve the grayed-out ‘Site Address (URL)’ field issue, when none of URL fields is editable under Settings > General. This issue may occur while transferring a website based on WordPress themes to another location:

Such behavior is a part of well secured servers strategy, where the host makes adjustments to ‘wp-config.php’ file on the client’s server due to security purposes.

Let’s see how to make both fields active:

1. Access your server using any FTP client or file manager provided by your host;

2. Open ‘wp-config.php’ file;

3. Remove ‘WP_SITEURL’ and the ‘WP_HOME’ values:

   define( 'WP_SITEURL', 'http://domain.com' );
   define( 'WP_HOME', 'http://domain.com' );
   

   Here ‘http://domain.com’ stands for your own website URL.

4. Save the changes.

   

The issue is resolved. Both fields are active again.

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below: