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When I navigate to my WordPress site, I get the IP address instead of the domain name. In settings> general I have changed the domain name but then I get an error message that the site cannot be found. I have also done this in the database itself and I have adjusted the vhost files yet I get an IP address. I suspect it is due to one of the wordpress files but I have no idea which file? If I place a index file with hello world in the htdocs folder, it works and I get a domain name instead of an ip address...

OS: Ubuntu Server Web Server: Apache2

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  • Did you change to Domain name in options table at 2 places? Site Url and Home Url?
    – Yatix
    Dec 18, 2019 at 8:35
  • Yes I have changed both urls
    – agoorria
    Dec 18, 2019 at 8:51
  • It could be DNS cache. You can try on different browser or with different internet source, like cellular data.
    – Yatix
    Dec 18, 2019 at 8:53
  • I tried that too, but unfortunately that doesn't work either :/
    – agoorria
    Dec 18, 2019 at 8:56
  • try DNS tools online, like dnschecker.org, to ensure domain has propagated.
    – Yatix
    Dec 18, 2019 at 9:12

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I had the same issue and in my situation it was a problem with the firewall on the vhost. Otherwise, try to replace the htaccess...

But i have still the issue, that the ip address is still set in the admin backend, for ex. when i hover over the "next page arrow" on the create pages admin site

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  • What do you mean by firewall on the vhost? I have given the .htacces file a different name and this has not helped.
    – agoorria
    Dec 18, 2019 at 9:12

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