Domain leads to /wp-signup.php?new= of old multisite instead of new wordpress

  • Hi!

    I have a problem with a new wordpress installation, trying to use a domain previously linked to a mutltisite. The domain site1.com, instead of leading to its new wordpress interface, lands on its old multisite signup page example.com/wp-signup.php?new=sire1.com

    Here is the full picture

    I am running a WordPress Multisite on a DigitalOcean VPS, with an example.com domain as the main domain for the multisite network. I have websites using subdomains like site1.example.com site2.example.com etc, mapped to redirect to Primary Domains site1.com site2.com etc (set through the Domain Mapping feature in the WordPress Multisite’s main interface.)

    Today I am looking to be able to rebuild and manage certain sites like site1.com independently from the mutlisite structure, so
    – I have deleted the domains from the domain mapping options in the multisite, leaving the content to be accessible through the subdomain site1.example.com
    – I have setup a separate WordPress installation, that I am trying to install to the site1.com domain. The A records for the domain site1.com have been edited away from the multisite, pointing to the new droplet. WordPress seems to get installed properly.

    The problem that I come across is that when I try to access site1.com, instead of the expected WordPress final installation page I am sirected to a /wp-signup.php?new= page linked to my multisite’s domain (so example.com/wp-signup.php?new=sire1.com)

    Does someone have an idea how I can fix this? Many thanks if you do!

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    The network is gaining control of the request instead of it being sent to the single installation. You need ae server directive to get the request sent to the single installation while bypassing the network installation. I’m assuming you have the network in your server’s public root and that the single site is installed in a subfolder. Use virtual hosts or a .htaccess redirect to send site1.com requests directly to the subfolder so that the network never “sees” the request.

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