Title: Problem with New Multisite
Last modified: September 21, 2019

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# Problem with New Multisite

 *  [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/)
 * Hi, I’m trying to setup a new multisite on a new domain, and something’s not 
   working. The main site seems fine, but each additional site is “broken” such 
   that the themes and images aren’t correct. Thanks in advance for your help.
 * Here’s the main site:
    [https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/](https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/)
 * And here’s an example secondary subdirectory site:
    [https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/](https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/)
 * I have WP v5.2.2. All plugins are deactivated, and the default theme is in use.
 * Per the Network guides on this website and others, this is in the **wp-config.
   php** file:
 *     ```
       define( 'WP_DEBUG', false );
   
       /* Multisite */
       define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );
       define('MULTISITE', true);
       define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
       define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'www.mediaofflineworkflows.com');
       define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
       define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
   
       /* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */
   
       /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
       if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
       	define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/' );
       }
   
       /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
       require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php' );
       ```
   
 * And here’s what’s in my **.htaccess**:
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [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]
       ```
   

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 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664074)
 * What you have in the code blocks above match what is recommended on my one multisite
   almost exactly except for the debug statement in wp-config.
 * Maybe try going into the dashboard for the main site and the new subsite and 
   try toggling the permalinks to ‘plain’ then save them… then going back to whatever
   permalink you wanted to use and save again.
 * Though that’s just a guess and I went into your subsite via the RSS feed and 
   the ‘plain’ url available there with the same results as before.
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664332)
 * from wordpress 4.5 it is not necessary to use plugins to map the domain.
    what
   settings do you use for permalinks? For primary site [https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/blog/hello-world/](https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/blog/hello-world/)
   and for secondary site [https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/2019/06/23/hello-world/](https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/2019/06/23/hello-world/)
   I don’t understand why the structure of year month days is missing in the primary
   site and in the secondary site is present.
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664466)
 * your secondary site can’t find the theme [https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.css?ver=1.4](https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.css?ver=1.4)
   have you modify the theme?
    This without legends folder work it [https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.css?ver=1.4](https://www.mediaofflineworkflows.com/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.css?ver=1.4)
   your nginx configuration is wrong
 *  Thread Starter [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664603)
 * I changed both permalinks to plain, but that didn’t fix anything. I have not 
   modified the theme, but I made sure both were on twentynineteen now.
 * Correct, it just seems like it’s not finding the Themes for some reason. Hopefully
   that’s the only issue.
 * Where can I check the nginx configuration, and what should it be? I installed
   the **Nginx Helper** plugin based on another site’s recommendation, but that 
   hasn’t seemed to make a difference.
 * Here’s a screenshot of what the Themes page looks like for the main site …
    [https://www.dropbox.com/s/mvr018wd2isi2bx/main%20site.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/mvr018wd2isi2bx/main%20site.png?dl=0)
 * … versus the multisite …
    [https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5xm54ya0e4e7hp/multisite.png?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5xm54ya0e4e7hp/multisite.png?dl=0)
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664655)
 * > [Nginx](https://wordpress.org/support/article/nginx/)
 * 
    Search conf for multisite on su directory and it use helper-nginx plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664771)
 * I don’t have access to the nginx.conf file, or it doesn’t exist when I try to
   search for it at least.
 * My hosting company InMotionHosting says nginx is all automatically configured
   and shouldn’t need to be adjusted. The nginx helper plugin looks to be functioning
   just fine (no errors).
 * These take me to the right place:
    [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/)
   [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/themes.php](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/themes.php)
   [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/widgets.php](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/widgets.php)
   [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/nav-menus.php?action=edit&menu=0https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/media-new.php](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/nav-menus.php?action=edit&menu=0https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/media-new.php)
   [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/user-new.php](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/user-new.php)
   [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/edit-comments.php](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/edit-comments.php)
   [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/?m=201906](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/?m=201906)
 * Takes me to a blank page:
    [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/post-new.php](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/wp-admin/post-new.php)
 * So it seems like the redirecting is generally working, no?
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664833)
 * redirection does not work in all cases.
    when you want to activate a theme for
   your secondary site the preview is like that of the primary site. in the second
   screenshoot the theme you have is missing. Ask a clear question to your hosting,
   does multisite work here?
 * If it is a new site with users who do not use that theme, try to change to twentyseventeen.
 * note individual sites can also use not pretty permalinks but for multisite you
   can only use pretty permalinks.
    I looked at your main site , secondary site 
   and now uses not pretty permalinks, changes to pretty permalinks. [https://wordpress.org/support/article/multisite-network-administration/#htaccess-and-mod-rewrite](https://wordpress.org/support/article/multisite-network-administration/#htaccess-and-mod-rewrite)
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/).
 *  Thread Starter [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664942)
 * Activating a theme for the secondary site is always with the broken images shown
   in the second screenshot. Changing between themes doesn’t make either of them
   display.
 *  Thread Starter [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664955)
 * I switched to pretty permalinks, but that didn’t seem to change anything. According
   to that article, having a multisite, though, should add a “/blog/” to the end
   of my URLs for the main site to prevent collisions, but I’m not seeing that happening.
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664965)
 * this message was written before your changes read the blog folder for the main
   site.
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664332](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11664332)
   Now you have only hello-world/ folder… Read your wp-config.php and htaccess [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/)
 * after checking the htaccess and wp-config file which is the multisite configuration
   make sure you have the same permalink structure in the main site and secondary
   site … click on save in permalink.
    If you still don’t see the theme for the 
   secondary site it’s a nginx redirect problem.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/).
 *  Thread Starter [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11665015)
 * I confirmed that the wp-config, htaccess, and permalinks are still correct.
 * Main site:
    [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/sample-post/](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/sample-post/)
 * Secondary site:
    [https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/sample-post/](https://mediaofflineworkflows.com/legends/sample-post/)
 * I’ll bug my hosting company again, but they said the nginx configuration is all
   correct. Thanks for your help.
 *  Thread Starter [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11668054)
 * I opened a ticket with InMotion Hosting, and they apparently “fixed the issue
   by disabling accelerate static content on the server which is recommended for
   multi sites.” I’m not sure what that is, but it seems to work now. We’ll see.
 *  [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/)
 * (@autotutorial)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11668130)
 * Thank you for your contribution 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [nona1020](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtmaps1020/)
 * (@gtmaps1020)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11954854)
 * My website was recently hacked, apparently from what I posted here for a support
   request because the attack happened shortly after heavy traffic redirected from
   this site. Can a moderator please contact me to have this Post edited to remove
   my URL? Thank you.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-new-multisite/#post-11954901)
 * Unfortunately not, your website is already public and posting it on these forums
   does not negate your security policy. If you’d like to discuss the forum guidelines
   with the moderation team, join us on the #forums channel on Slack [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)

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