wp multisite “my sites” -> “primary site”-dropdown . What does it do?

  • Hi,

    wp multisite “my sites” -> “primary site”-dropdown: see image link

    on multisite, go to topbar menu ‘My Sites’ , choose any subsite except ‘Network admin’, choose dashboard, in leftpanel menu choose ‘my sites’

    now you see the ‘My Sites’admin page.
    It contains a label ‘Primary site’ and next to it a dropdown, that lists all subsites.
    So this dropdown suggests we can make any subsite the primary site.

    I know that changing subsites to become the main site, is a much more complex process, that involves changing databases and config files etc.

    So I have these questions:

    1. Is the definition of the primary site the same as the main site?
    2. What effect has this dropdown selection?
    3. Why is it there if you still need to go through a complex process?

    Thank you.

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  • Thread Starter peefy

    (@peefy)

    Any ideas?

    The Primary or Main site is the original site with the domain that was present before you turned that WordPress into a multisite.

    With domain mapping you can change that domain name… I usually map mine to ‘NOC’ dot domain dot TLD as that’s the site responsible for the Network admin and it makes a bit more sense to me to separate that from a public-facing website unless your multisite exists to allow new user registrations and for those users to then create a new website of their own under your domain or on your multisite.

    There is documentation to change any site on the multisite to the primary or main site. I don’t recommend you do that but the ability is there… It isn’t always easy. I’ve only done it twice and it was a mess to my way of thinking.

    A better way is to decide on a new domain name, use the NOC ‘machine’ or ‘service’ name, and start up a fresh multisite… I usually find my multisites would benefit from more horsepower and a separate database server at the same time. Take advantage of this time to do what you need to make your multisite better and easier to navigate.

    Once you have the new multisite running you will migrate the subsite(s) one at a time.

    Thread Starter peefy

    (@peefy)

    thank you for your answer

    i still have these questions:

    2. What effect has this dropdown selection?
    3. Why is it there if you still need to go through a complex process?

    Thread Starter peefy

    (@peefy)

    anyone any ideas?

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