If you are calling WP-CLI from the parent directory you need to tell it where core is using –path $ wp –path=path/to/core Some more details here: http://wp-cli.org/config/ You can set also set this with a config file wp-cli.yml that contains path: path/to/core Details: http://wp-cli.org/config/#config-files
Read https://deliciousbrains.com/how-why-install-wordpress-core-subdirectory/ and updated two fields in the wp_options table: siteurl and home. After updating both of these, my site appears to be working correctly.
Here is the instructions if we suppose that you intially installed your site into ROOT folder (in the link you provided it’s the method called Method II (With URL change) ). There are two important steps and between them your site may break but it’s not an issue : I) First you need to update … Read more
If you are doing it for security purpose you can use following steps: add index.php file to each folder that you don’t want to show the content of. <?php // Just leave the index.php file blank And second way to reduce insecurity is to use if(!defined(‘ABSPATH’)){ exit; } inside every php files to no access … Read more
Ok, I just checked the WP CLI documentation. There are 3 important steps: Download WordPress: (I would use it with the options –path and –locale, but those are optional) wp core download Create a proper wp-config.php: wp config create –dbname=… –dbuser=… –dbpass=… –dbhost=… Install WordPress: wp core install –url=… –title=… –admin_user=… –admin_email=… Now there are … Read more
You can safely place your robot.txt file as well as the sitemap.xml file into your websites root directory and NOT the WordPress directory. When a robot visits your site, the first place it checks is http://sitename.com/robots.txt, hence you want to keep these files at the root of your domain. You can also disallow what the … Read more
WordPress has a built-in setting for this that can be set in the Settings > Permalinks screen. Choose “Custom Structure” and add in your desired prefix/subdirectory at the start of that input field with a slash after it. /subdirectory/%postname%
What I would do here is first rename the folder to something else, this way if something breaks you can just rename it back. After a couple if days if all is well on the site just delete it. Backup folders and files usually cause more issues than they are worth. If you haven’t needed … Read more
Hate to self promote BUT 😉 My WordPress SEO plugin actually fixes this by not generating a static file at all. It works in all circumstances.
I do not see that in the default wordpress install files – it may have been written by a plugin. You can probably remove it.