A note on using the plugin with Multisite WordPress

  • Resolved takempa

    (@takempa)


    3 years, 11 months ago

    I have two sites running on Multisite WordPress, example.com and example.com/en (not the real domain name). At first, I was surprised that the Tools menu item is available only on the admin page of the individual sites, not at the network admin level. But I ran the plugin on example.com, and it worked fine. But example.com/en was unavailable! So, after setting up another instance, I ran the plugin on the second site, example.com/en, first. That ran, but gave a garbled screen admin screen. Nevertheless, I was able to go back to the admin screen of the first domain, example.com, and run the plugin. Then, after changing my /etc/hosts file to point example.com to the correct IP, I was able to preview both sites. They were fine. Note that on macOS Catalina, you may need to clear the DNS cache by running

    sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

    in a terminal window. I first learned about Go Live Update Urls from this article: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2946238/from-dev-to-production-the-proper-way-to-take-a-wordpress-site-live.html

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  • Plugin Contributor OnPoint Plugins

    (@onpointplugins)

    Good evening Takempa,

    It sounds like you were really close in your process. The only thing to do differently, is to change your /etc/hosts file before you start making changes. That way you can update sites in any order and won’t see a garbled admin screen.

    An easy (optional) way to remember to point the domain or hosts file ahead of time is to first go to “General” settings and change the site’s domain. That way you’ll know if everything is ready to go before running this plugin.

    Have a great rest of you weekend!

    Thread Starter takempa

    (@takempa)

    Thanks for the tip. That makes sense.

    I wish there was a way to edit my initial post.

    I should have made it more clear–especially for those who are first time users of your plugin–that my second attempt was a success, even despite the garbled admin screen. After I changed my hosts file, I could see that everything was fine. Then, I changed the DNS setting, and indeed, all was well.

    Also, for the sake of accuracy, please note that although I written that the site names were example.com and example.com/en, they were actually test.example.com and test.example.com/en. Using your plugin, I changed the site names to be example.com and example.com/en.

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