If you install wordpress in a subfolder like \/home\/example\/public_html\/wordpress instead of the main DocumentRoot ( usually \/home\/example.com\/public_html ) you will not be able to enable multisite functionality but with a few small changes to wordpress code you can make it work.<\/p>\n
My goal was to have the main site ( example.com ) with multisite, host blogs on subdomains like dom1.example.com and then use domain mapping so I could map a domain like dom1.com to dom1.example.com. <\/p>\n
Here are the steps I took:<\/p>\n
require('.\/wp-blog-header.php');<\/code> to require('.\/wordpress\/wp-blog-header.php');<\/code>
At this point you have a working wordpress installed in a subfolder accessible at http:\/\/example.com <\/strong><\/li>\n- Open wp-config.php and insert the following lines at the top ( can be right after the first line )
\ndefine('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);<\/code><\/li>\n- Open the file wordpress\/wp-admin\/network.php in a text editor, look for the line: \"function network_step1\" and a few lines bellow there should be a line:\n
- <\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/pre>\n
, replace it with<\/p>\n
- <\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
- Now go to http:\/\/example.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/network.php and create your network.<\/li>\n
- After you create the network, WordPress will ask you to add a few lines to wp-config.php but you'll have to modify them a bit. Here's what I added:\n
- <\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/pre>\n
By default SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL was set to false but you want subdomains, and $base was set to \"\/wordpress\" but this needs to be \"\/\"<\/p>\n
Don't forget to also add the required lines to .htaccess ( the one in the wordpress\/ directory )<\/li>\n
- After the network was created, wordpress messed up a bit with the permalink settings for the main domain. Before, the permalink structure was set to: \/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/%postname%\/ and wordpress changed it to \/blog\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/%postname%\/.
\nBut after I added the above lines to wp-config.php I was able to change the permalink structure back to what it was from Settings->Permalinks<\/li>\n - Adding domains<\/strong>\n
Go to Network admin ( http:\/\/example.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/network\/ ) -> Sites -> Add new . I added
\nan example domain dom1.example.com. This is what I'll use as an example from now on.<\/p>\n
After I added the domain I went to Sites , clicked the Edit link bellow the domain and changed Path from \/ to \/wordpress ( with the option \"Update siteurl and home as well\" checked ) then go to the Settings tab and change the Home to http:\/\/dom1.example.com\/
\nAt this point you have a working wordpress installed in a subfolder with multisite configured with subdomains.<\/strong><\/li>\n- Install the domain mapping plugin with my changes<\/a>\n
\n- Download the zip file from : http:\/\/patchlog.com\/wordpress\/wpmu-domain-mapping-in-subfolder-install\/<\/a><\/li>\n
- Extract in wp-content\/plugins<\/li>\n
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edit wp-config.php and add the line:<\/p>\n
- <\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/pre>\n
right after the first line<\/p>\n
- got to Network Admin -> Tools -> Domain Mapping to configure the plugin and add the mappings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Come back and let me know how it worked in the comments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you install wordpress in a subfolder like \/home\/example\/public_html\/wordpress instead of the main DocumentRoot ( usually \/home\/example.com\/public_html ) you will not be able to enable multisite functionality but with a few small changes to wordpress code you can make it work. My goal was to have the main site ( example.com ) with multisite, host … Continue reading WordPress multisite in subfolder<\/span>