Title: SIngle User Multiple Blogs issue Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # SIngle User Multiple Blogs issue * Resolved [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/) * Successfully set up a network on localhost (with subdomains I might add, thanks Andrea_r :D) Have created all the blogs I want, however, I would like to be able to access the dashboard of each blog with a single account (preferably the super admin account that I already have) I add this user to each blog but when I attempt to access their dashboards from the ‘backend’ link in the sites listing I get taken to a login screen and entering the super admin’s UN and pwd simply loops me back to the login again. I don’t get the screen shake for an error it simply refreshes the login page with the url `http://subdom.localhost/wp-login. php?redirect_to=http://subdom.localhost/wp-admin/&reauth=1` * I’ve cleared my cache and cookies and tried it in Firefox, Chrome and IE all with the same result. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 33 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802104) * Then it’s not successful. 🙂 Cuz this is built in by default, and kinda the point of super admin…. * Got any plugins running or is this a naked install? Also! Clear cookies & cache. * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802123) * Cookies and Cache cleared. No plugins, naked install. * I don’t think its an issue with the subdomain setup as every link points to the right place and browsing to each subdomain gets me to the relevant blog. * I cleared cookies and cache again and now its not even letting me into the main dashboard and sending me round that redirect loop again. I now can’t administer my network at all. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802135) * And your .htaccess file? * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802141) * edited/created as the installation of the blog network asked me to. * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802146) * The installation of the network did say that as I was installing on ‘localhost’ I would have to use sub dirs but I couldn’t find any reference online to if there were any differences between a subdir .htaccess and a subdom .htaccess so I just left it as was. My .htaccess file reads as follows: * ``` 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).*) $2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802154) * > The installation of the network did say that as I was installing on ‘localhost’ > I would have to use sub dirs but I couldn’t find any reference online to if > there were any differences between a subdir .htaccess and a subdom .htaccess > so I just left it as was. * Well, yes. there ARE differences. 😉 * Specifically the line to get in to the admin area…. * (where’s ipstenu when I neeeed her? she has this memorized, I swear.) * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802161) * I found the subdom .htaccess example (PEBCAK, didn’t read far enough down the create a network page) * ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] # uploaded files RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^ - [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * and I tried it but with the same result. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802197) * The second htaccess is correct, but IIRC this one is a API/key issue. Did you change your salts and keys when you turned on the network? * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802224) * Ah. During this process I have uninstalled and reinstalled WP, backing up the original config and .htaccess files. and simply replacing them. And of course the key’s will be different, won’t they. I didn’t think of that. * I have changed the .htaccess to the subdom one mentioned above, and regenerated a new set of keys from the link given in the config file, * The result is the same however. Still caught in that redirect loop on login. * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802225) * Just run another uninstall/reinstall. Just to be sure. * Not changed the keys, used the subdom .htaccess and all goes fine until it asks me to log in again after creating the network. then I get stuck in the redirect loop once more. * Completely fresh installation, no plugins, no users apart from the super admin, and no blogs in the network apart from the original one. * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802226) * I tried turning SSL off on Apache, but this doesn’t fix it either. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802233) * Are you using Chrome? Try a different browser anyway, to start. * Also, check those salts & keys and take out anything that isn’t a number or letter. * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802237) * Tried in Chrome, IE, and Firefox with the same result. * Cleared Cache and Cookies, then removed non-alphanumeric characters from Keys/ salts. * Retried in above browsers, same result. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802238) * So…. when you put the edits in the config file, you stuck them in the middle – not at the bottom right? * Thread Starter [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * (@mandrill) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/#post-1802244) * Yes. I put them all above the line that reads: `/*That's all, stop editing! Happy Blogging. */` * In the order: * * MYSQL Settings * Keys and Salts * Table prefix * Language settings * Multisite definitions Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 33 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘SIngle User Multiple Blogs issue’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/) * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/) * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * [redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/redirect/) * [super-admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/super-admin/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 33 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandrill/) * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-user-multiple-blogs-issue/page/3/#post-1802340) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics