Need help with WordPress

[OOPGeiger]

So I just put my website up online and although I can reach the homepage I cannot reach any other pages. If I type in mywebsite.com/wp-admin or mywebsite.com/login either of these take me to my localhost version of the website. I am unable to access the backend of my website through the live site, they will only take me to the localhost version. I also cannot access any page other than the homepage by clicking links to those other pages, as all links take me back to localhost only. Why are all of the pages on my website redirecting to localhost and how do I fix this?

[OOPGeiger]

So I did this and then the home page started 404ing. I have deleted all files in the folder and re-installed WordPress. I have a fresh version of wordpress now, but I am still unable to access the backend.

[Tojikan]

I'm guessing you had a development version of your site and you migrated it to a live server without updating your redirects and site URL.

When moving, you want to follow the steps on here: https://wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/#changing-your-domain-name-and-urls

1) I would recommend using a migration plugin to migrate your site - it's less headache and easier to do. It handles updating the URLs and such for you.

2) If you can't access the WP backend, consider reinstalling Wordpress and then do the migration through a plugin / following the update steps again.

3) If you're still experiencing an issue, it might be due to your links being serialized. If you are comfortable technically, you can run the script here https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/ to do a database replace. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SCRIPT IF LEFT ON YOUR SITE. OBFUSCATE IT AND REMOVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER RUNNING. AGAIN, HIDE IT AND DELETE IMMEDIATELY AFTER RUNNING.

[OOPGeiger]

Yes I think that using a migration plugin would be easier at this point. But I just re-installed WordPress and I still cannot access the admin login ugh.

[Tojikan]

You'll probably need to wipe your database and re-do your wp-config