Title: Network Setup
Last modified: August 28, 2017

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# Network Setup

 *  [blabberpen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blabberpen/)
 * (@blabberpen)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-2/)
 * I have read the network setup section of the codex pretty carefully. My problem
   at the moment is that when I click the “Tools” icon on the dashboard, “Network
   Setup” is not among the options I see. It did show up after I first installed
   wp, and I clicked it, but something went awry after that. It’s not showing up
   now, and I’m not getting a Network Admin page, either. I suppose I made some 
   mistake in my initial effort to set up the multisite, but am uncertain what it
   was and how to get it straight. I did try the catroom of my host server, and 
   while they’ve been helpful with many things, the network setup is outside their
   area of expertise.
 * Any help is appreciated!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fnetwork-setup-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [604host](https://wordpress.org/support/users/604host/)
 * (@604host)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-2/#post-9470361)
 * Hi blabberpen,
 * are you still having trouble with this?
    if so here are a few things to try
 * It generally sounds like your wp-config.php file is missing the multisite directives,
 * To enable the Network Setup menu item, you must first enable multisite in the
   wp-config.php file.
 * Open up wp-config.php
 * this is what you need to check for. if these two lines are missing than you will
   not be able to visit the network setup page.
 *     ```
       /* Multisite */
       define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );
       ```
   
 * if they are indeed there then it may be an issues with your “.htccess file”
    
   if they are not there than add it to the file above where it says:
 *     ```
       /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. *
       ```
   
 * so firstly check to make sure that
 * `define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );`
    is present in this file. if not add 
   it as described above.
 * let me know how it goes if you still need help
 *  [confusedgirl08](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confusedgirl08/)
 * (@confusedgirl08)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-2/#post-9586452)
 * hello, I have the same problem. I already have
 * > define( ‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true );
 *  on my
 * > wp-config.php
 *  above
 * > /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. *
 *  but whenever I go to my wordpress site,
 * > network setup
 *  is not one of the options. I have been trying to find a solution for a couple
   of days now but I can’t seem to make my website a multisite, no matter how hard
   I try. and i’m starting to get frustrated. Please help!

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## Tags

 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [Network setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network-setup/)
 * [tools](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/tools/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [confusedgirl08](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confusedgirl08/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-2/#post-9586452)
 * Status: not resolved

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