Running multisite off root, when install in subfolder

  • I have a functioning WordPress Multisite with 2 Blogs – for different language versions, as subdomains: my-site.de/my-blog/ and my-site.de/my-blog/english/. There is an “old” website sitting in root (my-site.de), which is the main reason, why I installed WordPress in a sub-folder. Now, I understand that I cannot run a Multisite with subdomains off root. The way I imagine that it might work, is one of two possibilities:

    1. a permanent redirect in root, to point to the wordpress installation
    2. copying WordPress files into root, adjusting the database tables

    I am not sure, if the second option is really feasible (but I would prefer that over the redirect), has anybody tried to do this, and what do I have to be aware of and keep in mind?

    If push comes to shove, I can clean out the old site and install WordPress there, set up multisite and all plugins etc. Now, if I point it to the database holding all information related to the present (subdomain) installation, could that possibly be made to work? What would I need to do, to get it working?

    Or, are there other possibilities that I have not thought of?

    We are within one week of going live with the site, so starting all over is not really an option.

    Any input, advice, help is appreciated.

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  • You keep typing subdomains when I think you really mean subfolders, correct?

    I woudl move everything up into the root. Yeah, it;s gonna take some grunt work fixing links in the db, but it’ll be worth it going forward.

    Thread Starter domino5702

    (@domino5702)

    Thanks Andrea, yes, you are correct. WordPress is sitting in a subfolder.

    OK, so I know, I need to fix the two URLs in the wp-options table, but I have no idea about what needs to be tidied up in relation to the multisite. As far as links within the two blogs of the multisite are concerned, I have pretty much taken care, so links are of the bloginfo (‘siteurl’) or bloginfo (‘template_directory’) type from the start, so those should not give me too many headaches.

    So, if you could point out, which other tables in the database I need to look into and fix?

    Thanks again.

    Honestly, I just go into phpmyadmin and do a search for the old location. That’ll show you the ones you’ve missed.

    Thread Starter domino5702

    (@domino5702)

    Andrea, thank you again.

    Now, as far as wp-config.php is concerned, I have these two lines, where I am not certain, if they can stay:

    define( 'SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false );
$base = '/my-subfolder/';

    I am not sure, so, if you could help me with that?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

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    Remove the $base line. If you’re not in the subfolder anymore, you don’t need it.

    Actually, it should be

    $base = '/';

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