[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18769: Admin should not break if URL changes

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#18769: Admin should not break if URL changes
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 Reporter:  AmbushCommander  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Changes (by olleicua):

 * cc: olleicua@… (added)


Comment:

 I agree with AmbushCommander here.  As someone who has had to consult
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress this page]
 a few times, I would love for the process to be simpler.  The main issue
 is that there is no way to avoid there being a period where you cannot
 access the admin.

 One serious issue with this is for example if I'm moving my site from
 http://example.com to http://example2.com, and I misspelled example2 when
 I changed the site url then I will have to find the record in the db.  I
 recognize it's a corner case but there is always a moment where you have
 to hold your breath and hope it works.  It seems like it should be
 possible to override the redirect here so that it checks to see if a
 wordpress installation exists at the new url (for example with a simple
 file_get_contents call) and use the old url if not.

 At any rate I'd love to take this on.  Thoughts?

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