Worpress Not Showing Website

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 3:50am

Hello InfinityFree Support Team,

I am attempting to manually migrate an existing WordPress website from my local XAMPP environment to my hosting account with you. I have followed all the standard manual migration steps, but I am still encountering the WordPress installation screen when I visit my domain, instead of my actual website or the WordPress login page.

My website URL is: http://carkhaanaa.free.nf My username is: if0_39571090

Here are the detailed steps I have completed:

WordPress Files Uploaded:

I successfully uploaded all WordPress core files, themes, and plugins (the entire content of my C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress folder) to the /htdocs directory on your server via FileZilla. FileZilla confirmed all 16,499 files were transferred successfully.

Database Created and Imported:

I created a MySQL database named if0_39571090_car_db through the InfinityFree control panel.
I then exported my local WordPress database (carkhanaa.sql) from phpMyAdmin on XAMPP.
I successfully imported this carkhanaa.sql file into the if0_39571090_car_db database using phpMyAdmin on InfinityFree.

wp-config.php Updated:

I edited the wp-config.php file on the server to include the correct database connection details for InfinityFree.
The DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD (my InfinityFree account password), and DB_HOST (sql102.infinityfree.com) are all correctly entered and confirmed.

siteurl and home Options Updated in Database:

As I was seeing the installation screen, I accessed phpMyAdmin and navigated to the wp_options table in if0_39571090_car_db.
I manually edited the option_value for both siteurl and home to http://carkhaanaa.free.nf. I have double-checked these values for any typos, and they are correct.

index.php Content Verified:

I checked the index.php file in /htdocs and confirmed it contains the standard WordPress loading directives, including require __DIR__ . '/wp-blog-header.php';.

Conflicting Files Removed:

I observed an index2.html file in my /htdocs directory. I have since deleted this file to ensure it does not interfere.
I also temporarily renamed .htaccess to htaccess.bak to rule out any redirect issues from there.

Troubleshooting Attempts:

I have cleared my browser cache multiple times and used Incognito/Private windows.
I flushed my local DNS cache (ipconfig /flushdns).
Crucially, I have tested accessing http://carkhaanaa.free.nf/wp-admin on my mobile phone using mobile data (with Wi-Fi turned OFF), and it still displays the WordPress installation screen.

Despite all these steps, the website continuously shows the WordPress “Welcome” / “Five Minute Installation” screen when attempting to access http://carkhaanaa.free.nf or http://carkhaanaa.free.nf/wp-admin.

Could you please investigate why my WordPress installation isn’t loading correctly and is instead defaulting to the installer? It seems all client-side and database configurations are correct.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Sincerely,

Abdullah321

Frank419 · July 28, 2025, 4:19am

Is $table_prefix inside wp-config.php correct?

KangJL · July 28, 2025, 4:35am

Do you have .htaccess file?
What is the content?

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 4:43am

# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

these are it’s contents but i have changed .htaccess to .htaccessbak

KangJL · July 28, 2025, 4:44am

Take note WordPress cannot function optimally without any .htaccess file

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 4:45am

$table_prefix = ‘wpcm_’;

this is what i found is it correct?

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 4:45am

what should i do now? could u please address?

KangJL · July 28, 2025, 4:47am

Please show the if0_39571090_car_db database.

Did you read?

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 4:50am

basically i am new i was doing my work on local host but now i want free hosting from it i uploaded files via filzilla and tried everything ai said but still this wordpress installation on my web

KangJL · July 28, 2025, 4:53am

Should be

You can create a copy of .htaccessbak and rename it to .htaccess

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 5:26am

will that resolve my issue?because when i was using .htaccess as it is it was still not working

KangJL · July 28, 2025, 5:47am

No

Did you do this?

Change the content of wp-config.php. From

to

Frank419 · July 28, 2025, 5:53am

False instrcutions. WordPress can pretty much function without a .htaccess file, it’s not optimal, but it’s far from “cannot function”.

KangJL · July 28, 2025, 6:20am

Edited

Admin · July 28, 2025, 7:46am

The problem you’re having is not caused by your .htaccess file.

Out of the box, WordPress provides a generic .htaccess files that you can safely use anywhere. There is no need to modify it, rename it, or do anything with it other than put it on your website, just like any other WordPress core file.

If you see the installation wizard when trying to access your website, that usually means that either the configuration file was not found, or the database data it points to was not found.

An incorrect table prefix can definitely cause this, as it will make WordPress believe that the tables are missing.

That said, I’m surprised you would have this issue. If you migrate the database and wp-config.php files of the same sites, the table prefix in the configuration and the database itself should match.

Frank419 · July 28, 2025, 8:10am

From what I can tell, it’s another example of attempting to use Softaculous to migrate a website. Just look at the table prefix.

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 10:40am

what should i do now?

Frank419 · July 28, 2025, 11:36am

Did you even read this?

You need to change $table_prefix inside wp-config.php to wp_

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 12:32pm

done but i have to manually change folders like
it should be automated but when i opepend and login and visited my site there was nothing but then i goto local side ht docs and copied their plugins and all stuff to ht docs of remote site acutal site what happened by page loaded
but still one bottleneck

on local host my web was in mysql carkhaanaa but in remote site there is no configuration for my web

Abdullah321 · July 28, 2025, 12:33pm

see this