Title: Multisite redirecting https domains incorrectly
Last modified: April 25, 2019

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# Multisite redirecting https domains incorrectly

 *  Resolved [bzerkmultimedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bzerkmultimedia/)
 * (@bzerkmultimedia)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/)
 * I’ll preface this by saying that my WordPress Multisite worked for years without
   issue until recently.
 * Not long ago, I bought a UCC SSL certificate with enough Subject Alternative 
   Names to cover most of the major sites on my network. It was applied without 
   issue and worked for several months.
 * Then I attempted to add a new domain name from an external host to my hosting
   account. I had done this before without issue. After parking the domain on my
   account, I added it as a SAN to my SSL and pointed an A record at my ip. I already
   had the site set up on the network, so I changed the Site Address to https and
   thought I was done. Suddenly, however, every site on my network that used https
   now pointed to another site.
 * I used my hosting space for some time before switching to Multisite, so there
   are a few websites stored in subfolders that are outside of the network. The 
   site now being pointed to was one of them. I had included it on my UCC SSL, but
   that was the only connection between it and my network, which is run off an installation
   in public_html. While a little bit messy and in need of organization, the presence
   of a network running on subdomains and a few separate WordPress installations
   in an unrelated set of subfolders had never caused any problems.
 * In an attempt to isolate the issue, I removed all my network sites from the UCC
   SSL, as well as the site that was being linked to. Removing sites from https 
   and changing their Site Address back to http fixed the problem. Adding them to
   https again caused the same issue. When I removed the incorrectly linked site,
   it seemed to have no effect. Sites using https on the network still tried to 
   link to the https version of the site.
 * After checking wp_options in my database for both the network, subsites, and 
   the subfolder site, I can’t find any reason for the redirects. The only thing
   I can see is that when using a browser console to view the Headers, the Request
   URL, in this case [https://downtownbeaumont.org/](https://downtownbeaumont.org/),
   is correct. The Remote Address, however, points to the ip corresponding to [https://cajunheritagefest.org/](https://cajunheritagefest.org/).
   Unfortunately, I have no idea what sets the Remote Address. It’s beyond my level
   of experience.
 * So to summarize, every https site on my network now points to [https://cajunheritagefest.com/](https://cajunheritagefest.com/).
   The only relation between that site and my network sites are that it was on the
   same UCC SSL certificate. Currently, cajunheritagefest.com is no longer on the
   cert, but https sites are still attempting to point to it, leading me to believe
   that somewhere a value got changed that needs to be fixed. I’m including a link
   to [https://downtownbeaumont.org/](https://downtownbeaumont.org/), which is currently
   on the cert and exhibiting the faulty behavior. Is there anyone out there that
   can steer me in the right direction on this?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmultisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/#post-11464866)
 * Revoked certificate [https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=downtownbeaumont.org](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=downtownbeaumont.org)
   
   List domain cajunheritagefest.com Open ticket with Godaddy.
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/#post-11466700)
 * with multisite you can create subdomains or directories of the same domain and
   not different.
 * Example1 directory ([https://www.multisite.org/wp/](https://www.multisite.org/wp/))
   in wp_config.php
 *     ```
       define('MULTISITE', true);
       define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
       define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'multisite.org');
       define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/wp/');
       define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       ```
   
 * [https://www.multisite.org/wp/wp-admin/network/setup.php](https://www.multisite.org/wp/wp-admin/network/setup.php)
   
   Note* DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE is multisite.org (network) for other different domain
   another WordPress installation.
 * Example 2 subdomain ([https://www.multisite.org/](https://www.multisite.org/))
   in wp_config.php
    Configure your DNS for subdomain of multisite.org [https://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Network_SubPanel](https://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Network_SubPanel)
 *     ```
       define('MULTISITE', true);
       define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true);
       $base ='/';
       define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'multisite.org');
       define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
       define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       ```
   
 * [https://www.multisite.org/wp-admin/network/setup.php](https://www.multisite.org/wp-admin/network/setup.php)
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network)
   I’m sorry not to help with your problem but now you know the limits of a multi-
   site installation
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/#post-11466962)
 * if you use a plugin and modification wp_config.php you can have more than one
   network example [http://www.multisite.org](http://www.multisite.org) [http://www.anothermultisite.com](http://www.anothermultisite.com)
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-multi-network/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-multi-network/)
   don’t use it.
    Always backup file and MySQL before any modiication.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/).
 *  Thread Starter [bzerkmultimedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bzerkmultimedia/)
 * (@bzerkmultimedia)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/#post-11467049)
 * Thanks for your replies.
 * I’m aware that a network needs to use either subdomains or subdirectories. My
   network uses subdomains. The subfolders I mentioned are buried elsewhere on the
   server and have no relation to the network other than being on the same hosting
   account. It has worked for years in this configuration. Is there any reason it
   should suddenly stop?
 * Also, I can see how it might be confusing that cajunheritagefest has a revoked
   certificate. I can put it back on the cert if necessary so it’s easy to tell 
   that when you go to [https://downtownbeaumont.org](https://downtownbeaumont.org)
   it redirects to [https://cajunheritagefest.com](https://cajunheritagefest.com)
   for no immediately discernible reason. Other sites on my network that attempt
   to use https do the same. Sites on my network that do not use https ( example:
   [http://setxac.org/](http://setxac.org/) ) work fine. It isn’t that the entire
   network isn’t working, it’s that either the network or some other step in the
   request is mishandling https requests (as far as I can tell).
 * Also also, because I’m out of my depth here, if your above replies are directly
   related to the solution of my problem you’ll have to explain it like I’m 5.
 *  Thread Starter [bzerkmultimedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bzerkmultimedia/)
 * (@bzerkmultimedia)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/#post-11467599)
 * And for further context, here’s a subfolder site (one of my older ones) which
   uses the same UCC SSL Certificate as the other sites. It works, supporting the
   idea that the problem is somewhere in the network’s https requests.
 * [https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=ebenezerbeaumont.org](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=ebenezerbeaumont.org)
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/#post-11468615)
 * Back up your files and database.
    without revoking the certificate if you change
   from https to http all the urls match the domain (downtownbeaumont.org)? Change
   http to https now. Look and don’t change anything in the dabase wp_site, wp_x_options(
   x does not necessarily have to be an incremental integer value) and wp_blogs 
   tables wp_site is the network while in wp_blogs you find the paths of the network
   and sites. is the right domain? The remote address sets it godaddy SSL.
 *  Thread Starter [bzerkmultimedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bzerkmultimedia/)
 * (@bzerkmultimedia)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-redirecting-https-domains-incorrectly/#post-11531736)
 * UPDATE: For those who encounter similar problems, I have figured out what was
   causing my issue. TL;DR: uninstall and reinstall. That’s right, the oldest fix
   in the book.
 * Wordpress Multisite handles domain mapping by routing incoming calls to your 
   ip through the primary domain on your hosting account. I never could find exactly
   where that code is located, but in my case the issue was that when I added a 
   Subject Alternative Name to my UCC SSL (which had been installed by GoDaddy),
   the certificate was validated and reissued. At some point during this process
   the auto installer must have uninstalled the certs on the sites listed on my 
   hosting and reinstalled them. GoDaddy marks the first domain installed as primary
   and apparently doesn’t check to make sure that the previous primary domain is
   given preference. A new domain was marked primary, which meant that all incoming
   calls to my ip were sent there instead of to my multisite installation.
 * The fix for this was simple: uninstall the sites in your SSL management on your
   hosting panel and reinstall them in the proper order, primary first. Note that
   on my GoDaddy cPanel, there was an option to “Make Primary” beside each site 
   besides the primary. This option did nothing. Only reinstalling could change 
   the primary.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years ago by [bzerkmultimedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bzerkmultimedia/).

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