Multisite WP 4.3 Network Win Srv., visit New Site return 404 Error

It seems to me it’s more a PHP issue then a WordPress.

Do anyone have an idea how to fix it ??

Kind regards

Any one ?

I prefer using a linux server rather than windows.

Hey nodecloudhosting

I agree ?? but I have no choice in this cace ??

Hey … This solved it for me ??

There is an Error in WordPress ReWrite Rules for IIS

Correcting WP-Admin 404 Error for Sub Directories for WordPress Network under IIS

Original rules to add wp-config.php file.
The Error is marked in BOLD. More specific – WordPress Rule 4, action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:1}”

?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 1″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^index\.php$” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”None” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 2″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Redirect” url=”{R:1}wp-admin/” redirectType=”Permanent” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 3″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^” ignoreCase=”false” />
<conditions logicalGrouping=”MatchAny”>
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsFile” ignoreCase=”false” />
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsDirectory” ignoreCase=”false” />
</conditions>
<action type=”None” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 4″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*)” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:1}” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 5″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:2}” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 6″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”.” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”index.php” />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Change the WordPress Rule 4, action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:1}” to WordPress Rule 4, action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:2}”

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 1″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^index\.php$” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”None” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 2″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Redirect” url=”{R:1}wp-admin/” redirectType=”Permanent” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 3″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^” ignoreCase=”false” />
<conditions logicalGrouping=”MatchAny”>
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsFile” ignoreCase=”false” />
<add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsDirectory” ignoreCase=”false” />
</conditions>
<action type=”None” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 4″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*)” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:2}” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 5″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:2}” />
</rule>
<rule name=”WordPress Rule 6″ stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”.” ignoreCase=”false” />
<action type=”Rewrite” url=”index.php” />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Solved ?? … Yahoo ??

@mf7913 if I could buy you a beer I definitely would… I have been pulling my hair out for 2 days over this problem. It is amazing that this erroneous web.config is still being generated in WordPress 4.5.3 and has still not been fixed.

Thanks for taking the time to figure this out and posting the solution back here… much appreciated.