Multisite Network Redirect Issue

  • blonnie

    (@blonnie)


    9 years, 5 months ago

    I am a little confused about the multisite networking set-up. I have everything working… so it seems, but when I try to access the Network Admin page, I get stuck in a redirect loop.
    http://wearegoingsomewhere.com/wordpress/wp-admin/network/
    However, I found a page where people mentioned they comment out the following line in wp-config.php:
    define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'yoursiteurl.com');
    The network admin link is no longer stuck in the redirect loop and works – so that’s what I did, and it does work for me. HOWEVER, when I make that change, the link to my network admin site via wordpress interface changes to:
    http://wearegoingsomewhere.com/wp-admin/network/
    I can still get there by manually changing the link to add /wordpress/ before wp-admin.

    When I don’t comment out the aforementioned define line, the link shows correctly on the wordpress interface, however when I try to access it I’m right back in that redirect loop.

    My wordpress is installed in subdirectory. I saw this in some wordpress help text:

    “WordPress must run from the root of your webfolder (i.e. public_html) for subdomains to work correctly. They will not work from within a subdirectory.”

    Is this what is causing the problem? The fact that my wordpress install is in a subdirectory? Other than the admin redirect loop, the subdomains do appear to be working correctly:
    http://store.wearegoingsomewhere.com/

    If this is the issue – how can I move wordpress to the main directory without screwing everything up?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    You are correct, such issues are why WP subdomain networks must be in the root folder. To have proper operation with subdomains, you need to move the site to root. To use your site where it is you must use subfolder sites and not subdomains.

    Moving a network to a different folder is essentially the same as moving it anywhere with a different URL. There’s a lot of details to cover, but if you’re methodical it should work out fine. Be sure to make a backup of your DB before attempting to use the search and replace tool. It’s often easier to start over from backup than trying to revert a mistake.

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