Title: WordPress subdomain multisite
Last modified: September 15, 2017

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# WordPress subdomain multisite

 *  [edlins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edlins/)
 * (@edlins)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subdomain-multisite/)
 * Hello!
 * I’d like to install a subdomain multisite and in the prereqs doc at [https://codex.wordpress.org/Before_You_Create_A_Network](https://codex.wordpress.org/Before_You_Create_A_Network)
   I read the following:
 * > WordPress must run from the root of your webfolder (i.e. public_html) for subdomains
   > to work correctly. They will not work from within a subdirectory.
 * Is this true? I was hoping to keep my public_html folder clean but this means
   all of the top-level WP files will be in public_html, right?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwordpress-subdomain-multisite%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subdomain-multisite/#post-9499422)
 * > Is this true?
 * That talks about your URL not your actual directory. Keeping your files in public_html
   is fine as long as the URL is like so. `http://site1.domain.com/` and not `http://
   site1.domain.com/directory/`.
 * That `/directory/` is an option for stand alone WordPress but not multisite. 
   That doesn’t sub-directories won’t work but sub-**domains** is fine.
 * (NOTE: Some may say that you can _make_ it work but that’s a little more advanced
   and can break many things.)

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-subdomain-multisite/#post-9499422)
 * Status: not resolved

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