Title: Wrong plugin paths with WordPress Multisite on Windows
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Wrong plugin paths with WordPress Multisite on Windows

 *  [David Wang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogjunkie/)
 * (@blogjunkie)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/)
 * I’m working on a project where a WordPress network needs to be installed on a
   Windows box 🙁
 * It’s the first time that I’m getting an error like this:
 *     ```
       Warning: is_readable() [function.is-readable]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
       File(D:\xampp\apache\htdocs/wp-content/plugins/D:\xampp\apache\htdocs/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-importer/wordpress-importer-en_US.mo)
       is not within the allowed path(s): (D:\xampp\apache\htdocs\wp-content\plugins\;D:\xampp\apache\htdocs;
       D:\xampp\tmp;d:\xampp\php;D:\xampp\phpmyadmin) in D:\xampp\apache\htdocs\wp-includes\l10n.php on line 334
       ```
   
 * Apache got the path for the plugin wrong (the bold part). Is there any way I 
   can fix this?
 * I did a test on the same server and verified that this problem doesn’t occur 
   if it’s a regular install. The problem only exists for multisite installs.
 * I’m running **multisite network** on WP 3.2 development version (32-beta1-17999).

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097740)
 * What version of IIS are you running?
 *  Thread Starter [David Wang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogjunkie/)
 * (@blogjunkie)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097755)
 * Whoops, I forgot that bit. It’s actually running Apache via XAMPP. Here’s the
   phpinfo output: [http://etpblog.pemandu.gov.my/phpinfo.php](http://etpblog.pemandu.gov.my/phpinfo.php)
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097770)
 * Did you test on a 3.1.2 Multisite install? I want to rule out the 3.2 changes(
   which there are many).
 *  Thread Starter [David Wang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogjunkie/)
 * (@blogjunkie)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097787)
 * Yes, I tested with a WP3.1.1 multisite install too. Same results:
 * Regular 3.1.2 / 3.2b install = no problems
    Multisite 3.1.2 / 3.2b install = 
   WordPress get’s the paths wrong
 * Appreciate your time and advice ipstenu 🙂
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097846)
 * Did you update your .htaccess correctly?
 * Does it fail on both subdomain AND subfolder or just one?
 *  Thread Starter [David Wang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogjunkie/)
 * (@blogjunkie)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097850)
 * Yes, I think my .htaccess is correct.
 * I only tested it on subfolder installs, I don’t need subdomain for this. In any
   case, I don’t have access to the virtual hosts so I can’t do subdomains on this
   windows box.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097854)
 * Does the rest of the site work okay? Or are you getting a css-less page?
 * I’m thinking the .htaccess isn’t being parsed correctly.
 * Spot check it against [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network#.htaccess_and_Mod_Rewrite](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network#.htaccess_and_Mod_Rewrite)
 * I do see mod_rewrite is on, but allowoverride may not be set to “all” in your
   httpd.conf
 *  Thread Starter [David Wang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogjunkie/)
 * (@blogjunkie)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097863)
 * The rest of the site works ok. I only get the errors on certain pages. Also, 
   most of the errors are paths leading to `.mo` files, mainly on the Installed 
   Plugins pages. Other pages which the error appears on are certain plugin settings
   pages.
 * I’m not sure how .htaccess could have anything to do with it. Here are the contents
   of my .htaccess file:
 *     ```
       DirectoryIndex index.php
   
       # BEGIN WordPress
       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).*) $1 [L]
       RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097875)
 * The .htaccess parses domain.com/subsite/wp-content/whatever to domain.com/wp-
   content/whatever so in THAT it could do something weird.
 * It looks like it’s putting in `D:\xampp\apache\htdocs` twice… You don’t have 
   that in the wp-config.php file do you?
 *  Thread Starter [David Wang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogjunkie/)
 * (@blogjunkie)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097898)
 * Nope, I don’t. Here are the only additions to the wp-config.php file:
 *     ```
       // for Quick Cache
       define('WP_CACHE', true);
   
       // WordPress Multisite Network
       define( 'MULTISITE', true );
       define( 'SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false );
       $base = '/';
       define( 'DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'etpblog.pemandu.gov.my' );
       define( 'PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/' );
       define( 'SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 );
       define( 'BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 );
   
       // Network-wide Akismet
       define('WPCOM_API_KEY','xxxxxxxxxx');
       ```
   
 * Other than that it’s the standard wp-config.php. Could the $base and PATH_CURRENT_SITE
   above be confusing WordPress?
 * I’m starting to think it’s a multisite bug..
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097903)
 * More likely it’s a ‘your setup and Multisite’ bug (given how many people use 
   it and this is the first I’ve seen this error… The odds are against you 😉 )
 * OH! Is PHP SafeMode on?
 * open_basedir is set and that’s used by safemode.
 * In fact, it’s got `D:\xampp\apache\htdocs\wp-content\plugins\;D:\xampp\apache\
   htdocs;D:\xampp\tmp;d:\xampp\php;D:\xampp\phpmyadmin` which is odd… why would
   it have plugins in there?
 *  Thread Starter [David Wang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogjunkie/)
 * (@blogjunkie)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097905)
 * You’re right, it’s like the perfect storm.
 * I think safe_mode is on, though the phpinfo says otherwise. Then again I don’t
   really know how to read it properly.
 * All my files are contained in `D:/xampp/apache/htdocs` which is the correct place
   to be right?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-plugin-paths-with-wordpress-multisite-on-windows/#post-2097908)
 * I often use the perfect storm explanation 😉 Also with a ‘your server is a pretty,
   individual, snowflake.’
 * Check your php.ini and make sure it’s off. I believe the files are in the right
   place, though I don’t know why open_basedir has `D:\xampp\apache\htdocs\wp-content\
   plugins\;` in the front.

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
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