Are the sites subdomains or subfolders?
subfolders.
did you get a chance to watch the video? in it the one site used to login stays logged in even though the user has logged out on another subsite connected to it.
I don’t watch videos (learning disability, won’t do me a bit of good to watch it).
Try adding this to wp-config.php, just below the Multisite section
define('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');
define('COOKIEPATH', '');
define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '');
good to know! for what it’s worth, this one does not have any voice-over/sound at all – still wouldn’t do a bit of good?
already had that in my wp-config.php.
here is my top section of wp-config.php:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT','96M'); //need for WP
define('WP_ALLOW_REPAIR',true);
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );
/* This site was made multi-site enabled by @link http://jgwebdevelopment.com */
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
define ('MULTISITE', true);
define ('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
define ('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'mysiteDOTcom');
define ('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
define ('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define ('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');
define('COOKIEPATH', '');
define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '');
$base = '/';
here are some more definitions in my wp-config.php:
define('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');
define('COOKIEPATH', '');
define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '');
define( 'NOBLOGREDIRECT', 'http://investtosuccessDOTcom/' );
define( 'BP_ROOT_BLOG', 59 );
define ( ‘BP_ENABLE_ROOT_PROFILES’, true );
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
define ( ‘BP_ENABLE_ROOT_PROFILES’, true ); is wrong. Notice the apostrophes? They’re curly, which won’t work.
NOBLOGREDIRECT and DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE though… are you mapping domains here? If so, the cookies don’t delete between domains. Which is not a WP thing but a web browser one.
ok, i fixed the curly apostrophes — although, that was dealing with a potential buddypress fix.
no, i am not using domain mapping at all. the network is just a bunch of sub folders. that’s why it doesn’t make any sense for it to get confused between sites.
what else can i do to investigate this?
is there a way i can pm you a test login to experience the problem?
the odd part is that the wp_loggedin cookie remains present even after logging out.
let me know, and i really appreciate the help.
I only log into sites for clients (and I’m currently not accepting any more, not enough free time).
Have you tried deleting ALL cookies for the domain and logging in again?
i am using a twentytwelve theme with minimal plugins — none of which in the video are affecting any kind of authentication/login (i.e. a membership plugin).
I know you said they’re not authentication/login plugins, but can you list them?
i understand — and thank you again for taking the time to look at this.
yes, deleting the cookies resolves the issue — until the next login.
that is precisely the problem. the logged in cookie remains on the original site (the one i logged into) even when logging out from another sub folder site.
i have removed all plugins actually, and the problem still remains.
oddly enough, i set up a clean multisite on another domain and the problem does not occur.
i cleaned up both my wp-config.php file and my .htaccess file to reflect what a new installation would use (updating my details of course), but none of that helped.
could this be a problem in my database?
oddly enough, i set up a clean multisite on another domain and the problem does not occur.
Well that’s good. I’m not insane 😉
You removed all plugins and changed themes. Did you make sure you don’t have anything in mu-plugins?
i do not have anything in mu-plugins.
do i need to change themes for every site on my network to properly test this?
I … don’t think so. Though it may not be a bad idea.
Before that, though. Go into wp-config.php and in the section where it has your hashes and salts, generate new ones.
ok, i actually have to do this almost every day since that is the only thing i can do to force users out of the site when the redirect loop occurs.
i went ahead and started down the path of switching the themes to 2014.
after doing that, clearing my cookies and regenerating hashes and salts i was able to enable my themes from before without crazy issues with the logout happening any more!
now i am testing one by one activating plugins that i need to run my site to see if the problem comes back.
what could explain this?
also, is this line still necessary in my .htaccess:
# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
it is not included when activating multisite from scratch for the first time.
