Title: Multisite 404 error Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Multisite 404 error * Resolved [Lindsey Bugbee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindseybugbee/) * (@lindseybugbee) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-404-error-1/) * Hi, * I’ve had a blog at [http://www.thepostmansknock.com](http://www.thepostmansknock.com) for a few months now. I decided to create a new site and operate it under the Multisite framework. I set the wildcard DNS subdomain and installed the multisite system; however, I can’t access the child site at all. * My host is Bluehost. I talked to them and they told me it’s not a server issue. * Here is what my .htaccess looks like (the big bulk of it is for W3Cache: * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^thepostmansknock.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.thepostmansknock.com/$1 [R=301,L] # Use PHP5 Single php.ini as default AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5s .php DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm default.htm ErrorDocument 404 /?p=404 ErrorDocument 403 /?p=404 Redirect 301 /how-to-create-watercolor-flowers-tutorial http://www.thepostmansknock.com/how-to-create-watercolor-flowers-tutorial-plus-a-gorgeous-giveaway Redirect 301 /about http://www.thepostmansknock.com # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache AddType text/css .css AddType text/x-component .htc AddType application/x-javascript .js AddType application/javascript .js2 AddType text/javascript .js3 AddType text/x-js .js4 AddType text/html .html .htm AddType text/richtext .rtf .rtx AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz AddType text/plain .txt AddType text/xsd .xsd AddType text/xsl .xsl AddType text/xml .xml AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx AddType video/avi .avi AddType image/bmp .bmp AddType application/java .class AddType video/divx .divx AddType application/msword .doc .docx AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot AddType application/x-msdownload .exe AddType image/gif .gif AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip AddType image/x-icon .ico AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe AddType application/json .json AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb AddType audio/midi .mid .midi AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp AddType application/x-font-otf .otf AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula .odf AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt AddType audio/ogg .ogg AddType application/pdf .pdf AddType image/png .png AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx AddType audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf AddType application/x-tar .tar AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc AddType audio/wav .wav AddType audio/wma .wma AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw AddType application/zip .zip ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType text/css A691200 ExpiresByType text/x-component A691200 ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A691200 ExpiresByType application/javascript A691200 ExpiresByType text/javascript A691200 ExpiresByType text/x-js A691200 ExpiresByType text/html A691200 ExpiresByType text/richtext A691200 ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A691200 ExpiresByType text/plain A691200 ExpiresByType text/xsd A691200 ExpiresByType text/xsl A691200 ExpiresByType text/xml A691200 ExpiresByType video/asf A691200 ExpiresByType video/avi A691200 ExpiresByType image/bmp A691200 ExpiresByType application/java A691200 ExpiresByType video/divx A691200 ExpiresByType application/msword A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A691200 ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A691200 ExpiresByType image/gif A691200 ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A691200 ExpiresByType image/x-icon A691200 ExpiresByType image/jpeg A691200 ExpiresByType application/json A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A691200 ExpiresByType audio/midi A691200 ExpiresByType video/quicktime A691200 ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A691200 ExpiresByType video/mp4 A691200 ExpiresByType video/mpeg A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A691200 ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A691200 ExpiresByType audio/ogg A691200 ExpiresByType application/pdf A691200 ExpiresByType image/png A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A691200 ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A691200 ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A691200 ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A691200 ExpiresByType application/x-tar A691200 ExpiresByType image/tiff A691200 ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A691200 ExpiresByType audio/wav A691200 ExpiresByType audio/wma A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A691200 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A691200 ExpiresByType application/zip A691200 Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon application/json # DEFLATE by extension AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml FileETag MTime Size Header set Pragma "public" Header append Cache-Control "public" Header unset Set-Cookie Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.8" FileETag MTime Size Header set Pragma "public" Header append Cache-Control "public" Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.8" FileETag MTime Size Header set Pragma "public" Header append Cache-Control "public" Header unset Set-Cookie Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.8" # END W3TC Browser Cache # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^ - [L] RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L] RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * The relevant part of wp-config.php looks like this: * ``` /* Multisite */ define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true); define('MULTISITE', true); define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true); define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'www.thepostmansknock.com'); define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/'); define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1); define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1); ``` * Like I said, Bluehost told me that the issue was not their servers. They didn’t change anything at all and just said they couldn’t help me. I don’t know if I should believe them though. The lady I spoke to said that my issue could be that I wrote /* WordPress Multisite */ instead of /* Multisite */ at the beginning of the code (really). * If Bluehost is right, and everything on their end is fine, do you have any other ideas on what could be causing this? Do you see anything wrong with my files? * I couldn’t access my site without typing www. in the address bar, it would just redirect me to the login page. I added a redirect rule at the beginning of .htaccess and I wonder if this could be causing the issue. * Any help is welcome! Thanks! * Lindsey Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-404-error-1/#post-3774724) * Well, start with turning off and removing the caching plugin, just to rule that out. * Is the whole subdomain a 404? I think wildcard DNS isn’t right, since [http://asdasfasdfads.thepostmansknock.com/](http://asdasfasdfads.thepostmansknock.com/) is a ‘Chrome cannot find…’ page. * Thread Starter [Lindsey Bugbee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindseybugbee/) * (@lindseybugbee) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-404-error-1/#post-3774780) * Sorry, I did not see the new comment until now. * I gave up temporarily with the Multisite feature. * Eventually, we migrated to a VPS and made a fresh WordPress install. We tried to install Multisite again and it worked this time. * To be honest, I have no idea what changed so far. The only difference I spot is that in the VPS define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘www.thepostmansknock.com’); was set to define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘thepostmansknock.com’); instead. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Multisite 404 error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Lindsey Bugbee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindseybugbee/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-404-error-1/#post-3774780) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics