Moving 1 site from main domain to subdomain in Multisite

  • I’ve done my search on this and haven’t found anyone with the exact situation I’m in, so I’m hoping someone can help.

    I currently have a multisite wordpress install on https://www.jeremycollier.com. I would like to move the website located on the main domain to a subdomain, so basically from https://www.jeremycollier.com > author.jeremycollier.com. I don’t need the current site to stay up, but I do need all old permalinks to redirect to the new subdomain.

    I’ve seen people write up how to do this from one subdomain to another or from one domain to another, but never from domain to subdomain so I didn’t know if there was any extra complications or what.

    From my search, I think I could probably clone the site using the plugin site clone (I think that’s what it was called) and then add a redirect to the htaccess, but i’m not sure if that’d work right OR exactly how/what to do with the htaccess.

    Also, what is the best/least complicated way to backup an entire wordpress site?

    Thanks for any and all help!

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  • 1. Disable multisite: https://wpmututorials.com/how-to/how-to-disable-multisite/

    2. Change the URL of the site / move it to your subdomain. BackupBuddy is a great plugin for doing this, haven’t tried Site Push before.

    3. Redirect old links with .htaccess:

    [ Moderator note: pre works but please enclose code snippets with the backtick character or use the code button. ]

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mysite\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://subdomain.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

    Do note that all pages on https://www.jeremycollier.com will be redirected if you have the above in your .htaccess file. In other words, it’s not selective

    Thread Starter JLCollier2005

    (@jlcollier2005)

    Thank you, blogjunkie!

    If I disable multisite, my other sites will stay there, right? Nothing will be deleted?

    Also, I heard there was a way to forward only existing URL’s (pages and posts) to the new website, is that true or am I mistaken? If so, how? If not, I think I’ll just leave a duplicate of the old stuff and on there and just break the links/forward links individually because I plan on having https://www.jeremycollier.com be more than just a forward to the subdomain.

    Thanks again!

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