Title: WordPress multiste, inside wordpress
Last modified: September 7, 2023

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# WordPress multiste, inside wordpress

 *  [aivts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aivts/)
 * (@aivts)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multiste-inside-wordpress/)
 * I have a wordpress installation with nginx and mysql whose domain is abc.com 
   in the root / document
 * Inside that documentroot, I have the /web path in which I have another wordpress2
   installed.
 * abc.com/web access wordpress2
 * I want wordpress2 to be multisite, however when I include the multisite lines
   in the wp-config.php and try to create the new network, I cannot authenticate
   in wordpress and also, the “admin network” option does not appear to me.
 * Could someone in my situation give me some advice?
 * Thank you.
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).

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 *  [Jonathan Bossenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psykro/)
 * (@psykro)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multiste-inside-wordpress/#post-17034937)
 * Hello [@aivts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aivts/)
 * Can I confirm what you mean when you say `when I include the multisite lines 
   in the wp-config.php`. Are you referring to the following line to [Allow Multisite](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/create-a-network/#step-2-allow-multisite):
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true ); 
       ```
   
 * Or do you mean the lines that your WordPress install presents during the [Enabling the Network](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/create-a-network/#step-4-enabling-the-network)
   step?
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'MULTISITE', true );
       define( 'SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false );
       define( 'DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'abc.com' );
       define( 'PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/web/' );
       define( 'SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 );
       define( 'BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 );
       ```
   
 * If you mean this step, did WordPress also ask you to add some lines to your .
   htaccess file?
 *     ```wp-block-code
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
       RewriteBase /web/
       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]
       ```
   
 * If you are running the server on nginx, the .htaccess file solution might not
   work (it depends on how the server is configured) and you might need to add those
   lines to your nginx config manually. Additionally, the nginx config lines are
   slightly different from the Apache .htaccess ones.
 * I was able to replicate your environment on my local Apache setup, and enable
   the multisite on the WordPress install in the /web/ directory, so I’m thinking
   it might be the nginx configs that are needed.

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## Tags

 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [nginx](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/nginx/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [Jonathan Bossenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psykro/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multiste-inside-wordpress/#post-17034937)
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