Title: Multisite compatible?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multisite compatible?

 *  Resolved [Handoko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handoko-zhang/)
 * (@handoko-zhang)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-compatible-20/)
 * Hi.
 * Is this plugin really multisite compatible? I’m using it in one of my multisite
   environment, so far it seems working correctly. But there is something I don’t
   understand. Please enlighten me.
 * I installed this All In One WP Security & Firewall plugin and network activated
   it. On one of the site’s firewall, I turned on the “Enable Basic Firewall Protection”.
   But on other site I saw it is turned off. I read the information message, it 
   said:
 * > The firewall functionality is achieved via the insertion of special code into
   > your currently active .htaccess file.
 * Correct me if I’m wrong. In a multisite environment, all the sites use only 1
   single .htaccess file, don’t they?
 * If I change any setting that saved in .htaccess file, the setting should affect
   on all of the sites, shouldn’t they? The setting should be synchronized across
   all the sites, I think.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/)

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 *  [mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mra13/)
 * (@mra13)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-compatible-20/#post-3991601)
 * Yes, WP multi-site uses one .htaccess files so this situation is a little tricky
   to handle. When you activate the firewall rules in your main site the sub-sites
   do not have to do anything for the firewall, it will be active for those sites
   too. So it will work fine on WPMS install but I can see how it is a little confusing
   when you go to the firewall menu on the sub-sites.
 * We are going to make it so in the sub-sites of a WP Multi-site install, it doesn’t
   even show the firewall menu or something similar (as it is already configured
   in the main site).
 * So for you, simply activate the firewall rules in your main site and don’t touch
   the ones in your sub-sites of the WPMS install.
 *  Thread Starter [Handoko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handoko-zhang/)
 * (@handoko-zhang)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-compatible-20/#post-3991863)
 * I saw this issue has been fixed on version 2.2. But some new multisite issues
   arise because of the fix, please see:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/v22-multisite-issues-it-may-break-your-site-instantly](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/v22-multisite-issues-it-may-break-your-site-instantly)
 * I’ve started a new topic, so I’m marking this one as resolved.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-compatible-20/#post-3991864)
 * Handoko? Next time could you please keep to the original topic instead of creating
   a duplicate topic? Those normally get deleted with a note but as that new post
   had a lot of work in it. But it’s really still about this topic.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-compatible-20/#post-3991864)
 * Status: resolved