Title: MultiSite Dashboard redirect loop
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# MultiSite Dashboard redirect loop

 *  [arcadianhaven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arcadianhaven/)
 * (@arcadianhaven)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboard-redirect-loop/)
 * I read all the other threads on this and nothing has fixed this. I have WP on
   my godaddy server. I installed and made the changes to run the multi site. I 
   setup my 2nd site. It has no formatting, looks like a vga text site (lol) and
   then when I try to go to the dashboard for it I get a redirect loop. I changed
   the HT Access fiel per the other blogs, it looks like this now:
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       # uploaded files
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
       ```
   
 * I also change the WP config files: it looks like this now:
 *     ```
       /**
        * For developers: WordPress debugging mode.
        *
        * Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development.
        * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG
        * in their development environments.
        */
       define('WP_DEBUG', false);define('MULTISITE', true);
       define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
       define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'arcadianhaven.com');
       define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/wp/');
       define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
   
       define('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
   
       define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');
   
       define('COOKIEPATH', '');
   
       define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '');
       ```
   
 * I am no programmer, so please forgive my ignorance, I am trying but don’t know
   what else to do. Could any of you guru’s help me out here please?
 * Thanks in advance, I truly appreciate it!

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboard-redirect-loop/#post-4668882)
 * **_IF THOSE WERE YOUR REAL PASSWORDS AND IDS FOR THE DATABASE YOU NEED TO CHANGE
   THEM RIGHT NOW! DO NOT STOP TO ASK WHY, GO CHANGE THE PASSWORDS!_**
 * Never, ever, ever, ever post your passwords on a public forum, and never post
   those sections of your wp-config. All we ever need is the _MULTISITE_ lines 🙂
 * `define('WP_DEBUG', false);define('MULTISITE', true);`
 * Those should be on separate lines, but it’s probably not the issue here.
 * `define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/wp/');`
 * Is WP installed in the folder wp?
 *  Thread Starter [arcadianhaven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arcadianhaven/)
 * (@arcadianhaven)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboard-redirect-loop/#post-4668965)
 * DOH! Thank you! I just changed it. I did not realize those could be accessed 
   outside GoDaddy. Newb Mistake!
 * Yes WP is installed in the wp folder.
 * Thanks for telling me 🙂
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboard-redirect-loop/#post-4668978)
 * You gave WP it’s own folder, I see. Your ReWriteBase should be /wp/
 * and that .htaccess should be in the ROOT level, not the wp folder.
 *  [dizzymediainc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzymediainc/)
 * (@dizzymediainc)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboard-redirect-loop/#post-4669162)
 * Just thought I would share a solution I found for multi-site sub-directories 
   with godaddy, I found this post and inside is a nice piece of code to replace
   with your .htaccess
 * Here’s the post:
    [http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/already-installed-multisite-w-subdirectories-on-godaddy](http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/already-installed-multisite-w-subdirectories-on-godaddy)
 * and the code:
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       # uploaded ?les
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)??les/(.+) wp-includes/ms-?les.php??le=$2 [L]
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * 🙂

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## Tags

 * [ht access](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ht-access/)
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 * Last reply from: [dizzymediainc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dizzymediainc/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboard-redirect-loop/#post-4669162)
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