Mulitsite on existing project

  • Hi everybody!

    I am currently trying to set up wordpress multisite on an existing project. The reason is, that I want to configure a new website with another template on the same wordpress installation, while keeping the old website for the customer until the new one is done.

    I started editing the wp-config which worked, the “Network Setup” showed up. But then, it only gave me the option to do a subdomain which isn’t supported by my host. I found an advice for a workaround to still be able to create a subdirectory but don’t get along with it.

    It tells me to add this code to the wp-config between the define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true); and the /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */:

    define(‘MULTISITE’, true);
    define(‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, false);
    define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘labs.work-paper.de’);
    define(‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘/’);
    define(‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1);
    define(‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1);

    But once I do this, I cannot access the multipage network anymore through the dashboard. The button just disappears. Can anyone explain this and tell me what I did wrong?

    Thanks:-)

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  • From your description, I’m not sure that multisite is the right solution. Each site in a multisite has it’s own set of tables within the database. You can manage all of the sites from a single interface, but you’ll be modifying different tables. In addition, I don’t believe going from multisite back to single site is an easy task if that’s what you’re planning.

    You might be better off installing a regular version of WordPress into a sub-folder unless you have other uses for multisite that you haven’t mentioned.

    Thread Starter HannaWP

    (@hannawp)

    Thanks Marios for your advice! How do you mean installing wordpress into a subfolder? Installing a new WordPress version through the host on a sub directory or is it possible to create a sub-folder within the current wordpress installation?

    I mean installing a new copy of WordPress in a folder. And then configuring it to connect to a copy of the existing database.

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