If your blog is the main point of focus for your website, you probably want to it serve your pages when a user hits the root of your website, such as:
http://example.com/
But, for the sake of keeping your root directory organized on your webserver, you might not want to install WordPress in that directory. Rather, you might want to install WordPress in subdirectory, such as “blog”.
Edit the .htaccess file
Open the file named “.htaccess” in the root directory. Or create one if it doesn’t exist. Add the following to it:
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
Create an index.php file
Create a file in the root directory called “index.php”. Assuming your WordPress is installed at the /blog subdirectory, add the following to the file:
<?
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./blog/wp-blog-header.php');
?>
Change the blog URL in WordPress options
Log in as Admin to WordPress. Change the blog URL from “http://example.com/blog/” to “http://example.com/”
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Thanks for your comment. It’s my opinion that it’s better to serve the blog from the root directory to avoid unnecessary clutter in the URL, but at the same time putting the entire WordPress installation in the root directory makes for a mess, not to mention making it harder to integrate other PHP applications onto your site.
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