Title: WordPress Multisite subdomain install Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # WordPress Multisite subdomain install * [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/) * I have searched everywhere and can not find a definite answer to my question. I am also a novice and not an expert programmer so please keep it simple…thanks. My question is….I have purchased a lot of domains and have them pointing to my hosting company to a subfolder. Instead of setting up wordpress on each one individually and having to log into a hundred different sites I was hoping I could use WordPress multi site to bring them all together so I can build a website on each one but be able to install wordpress and themes on them all at the same time to save time and see no clear directions on if or how to do this. I would like a SIMPLE step by step process that I could follow or I would also be willing to hire someone to do it for me. * I have installed wordpress on a few of them individually already so know some basics. * So to be perfectly clear I want all my existing .com, .net and .org domains to be incorporated into one main terminal and then sites built on them. I do not want subfolders where the website address would be xxx.com/blah * Thanks for your time Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/page/2/?output_format=md) * [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/) * (@michaelmariart) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904568) * The first thing that you would need to do is set up your hosting differently. Remove teh sub-folders for each site, and have all of the domains pointing to the same folder on your server. * Then, install the [domain mapping](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/) plugin and configure that with your domain names that you want to add to your netowrk installation. * From there it should all work the way that you want it to. One installation and multiple top-level domains. * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904655) * Thanks so much for your help. Now so that I understand….I have my main website or root and then in the public_html folder instead of having a folder for each subdomain I make just one folder here in the public_html and point them all to it? * [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/) * (@michaelmariart) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904664) * Just put all of the files in the pubic_html folder, no need for any sub-folders. * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904669) * I do not understand. What files? Right now I have a folder in pubic_html that the domain (which I uploaded to my hosting) is pointing to. I then installed wordpress on that domain and it put all the wp files in the folder it is pointed to. * If there is no folder here then do you just point the domain to pubic_html? And then somehow have wordpress intstall all the wp files to public_html? * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904670) * So are you saying to point all my domains to public_html and then just install wordpress on one of them which will put the wp files in public_html? And if so then whats next. * I had a friend set up multisite on one of my domains but he has it so it’s a subfolder set up. So how do I change it to a domain setup? Then do I install that plugging after that is setup or during setup? * [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/) * (@michaelmariart) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904671) * If you have the WordPress files in public_html then you’ve done everything that you need to do. Just go through your installation and then set up your network and plugins. * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904677) * I don’t have it in public_html yet, it is in a subfolder. So Once wordpress is installed to public_html then do I point all my domains to that same public_html folder? * The link you sent me was for this post. * [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/) * (@michaelmariart) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904678) * Yes that is right. You only need to install WordPress in your public_html folder. * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904680) * Do I then point all my domains to that same public_html folder? * [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/) * (@michaelmariart) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904681) * Right back up in my first repsonse… * > Remove teh sub-folders for each site, and have all of the domains pointing > to the same folder on your server. * So, yes. In this case it will be the main public_html folder. * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904682) * More clearly…Do I then point all my domains to that same public_html folder in my hosting? * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904684) * Ok got it…Then I log into the wordpress and install mapping plugin and then do I have to do anything else to switch it to multisite or does this plugin and however it gets config do all that? * [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/) * (@michaelmariart) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904685) * When it’s installed, follow the [Create A Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network) instructions and then install your plugins and do your configuration. * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904686) * ok thanks I will give it a shot and see how far I get. May have more questions a little later. Thank you * Thread Starter [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * (@kevinleejair) * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/#post-2904689) * I called hosting tech support and they told me they never recommend multisite because it is a lot of stress on one database and it can and has broke causing all your sites to go down. Same thing with a plugin breaking. * Also the multisite sites load on server slower and way to many queries for one database. * If you have a hundred or more sites incorporated into it and each site is getting 5-20k visitors a month that it is just not smart thing to do. * Also said much better for hosting and safer to do individually but that I could do it but they really don’t recommend it. * Your thoughts? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘WordPress Multisite subdomain install’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * [network](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 24 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [KevinLeeJair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinleejair/) * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-subdomain-install/page/2/#post-2904702) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics