Domain name address bar search redirects its IP

I think you are saying you built a WordPress multi-site and are using one of your domains as its network address. Right?

It sounds like you have the host recognizing the new domain also. You need to next add the new site to the Multi-site.

And part of that process is to set (map) the new domain to the proper site as you set this up.

This document (almost a small book’s worth of info) should help you better understand running a Multi-site https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress-multisite-network/.

And when I first started running Multi-sites I found this site a great resource for multi-site information, plugins and tools. https://premium.wpmudev.org/. Enjoy their ‘superheroes’ there. It’s the home of ‘Smush’ also. Smush is a must have plugin in my book.

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And to answer your last question… The new sites, if mapped, labeled and branded properly, will be autonomous sites that no one ever needs to know are part of a multi-site unless your branding model dictates a level of that ‘branding’ and you modify themes and resources in a way to cause that.

If you wish to brand then let your default tagline and possibly the footer info reflect that. You’ll probably notice the default tag says something like ‘another WordPress Network site’. Forgive me if I worded that slightly wrong. I think I set mine to something like ‘Not Just Any Other (stick a Brand Name here) Network Website’.

I’d create a footer ‘blurb’ for most of my multi-site once the dust settled elsewhere. You’re running multi-site… feel free to ‘toot your own horn’ as appropriate.

@jnashhawkins Thanks for sharing all the resources. I will start up on them and make some headway.

Now to ask a related startup query. As per my initial learning, a multisite has a a primary domain and rest subdomains/sub directories. I am choosing subdomains. Say I set my netwrok to a primary domain e. https://www.primary.com

When I add a new site eg. https://www.mydomain.com, will it need to be added as primary.mydomain.com? Can it be added as https://www.mydomain.com using domain mapping?

Thanks

If you chose subdirectories your new sites will start as subdirectories. If you chose subdomains then the new sites will start up as sub-domains. Either way, you can then map that new site to your preferred domain via the network dashboard… Sites Editor. Be a little careful in there but that’s where you can fix most anything.

The first article I referenced should address that task. It’s super easy and you no longer need a domain mapping plugin either.

One caveat is to make sure your host can deal with add-on or extra domains. Same with subdomains of your root or network domain if you need or want those.

I’m sure that first article deals with that subject also. Your host can also help you if you have any issues.

The browser first checks cache record for a DNS (Domain Name System) record to get the most appropriate IP address.
The DNS is the browser database which manages the website (URL) name and the specific IP address to which it is linked. Each individual URL on the Internet is assigned a unique IP address.
The IP address relates to that specific computer where the server of the website you want to access is located. DNS is a list of URLs and their IP addresses, just as a phonebook that holds all the phone numbers record.
That’s why when you type an URL in the browser and press enter, the browser redirects to i.p. address because of that i.p. the address is assigned to that URL.
Redirects its IP