Moving wp-config.php up 2 levels

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Is it possible to change a setting so that wp-config.php could be moved up two directory levels (instead of the default 1 level)? This would allow the core WP files to be moved from public_html to a subdirectory, while simultaneously allowing wp-config.php to be moved above public_html and thus not publicly accessible.

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  1. Yes, there is a great example of how to accomplish this in the top answer for the question: Is moving wp-config outside the web root really beneficial?

    The section titled “How to move wp-config.php to any location on your server” provides the following solution:

    But what if you’ve moved [wp-config.php] somewhere else? Easy. Create a new wp-config.php in the WordPress directory with the following code: 

    <?php

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
    define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

/** Location of your WordPress configuration. */
require_once(ABSPATH . '../phpdocs/wp-config.php');

    (Be sure to change the above path to the actual path of your relocated wp-config.php file.)

    If you run into a problem with open_basedir, just add the new path to the open_basedir directive in your PHP configuration:

    open_basedir = "/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/;/var/www/vhosts/example.com/phpdocs/;/tmp/"

    That’s it!