virtualMachinewordpress-multisite

Configure WordPress Multisite to use subdirectories instead of subdomains

NOTE: These steps should be performed before creating a new site.

Follow the steps below:

  • Edit the /opt/bitnami/wordpress/wp-config.php and modify the definition as shown below:

      define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
    
  • Edit the /opt/bitnami/apache/conf/vhosts/wordpress-vhost.conf file and replace the following block:

      # BEGIN WordPress Multisite
      # Using subdomain network type: https://wordpress.org/support/article/htaccess/#multisite
      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
      RewriteBase /
      RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
      # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
      RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
      RewriteRule ^ - [L]
      RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
      RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
      RewriteRule . index.php [L]
      # END WordPress Multisite
    

    With this:

      # BEGIN WordPress Multisite
      # Using subfolder network type: https://wordpress.org/support/article/htaccess/#multisite
      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
      RewriteBase /
      RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
      # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
      RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
      RewriteRule ^ - [L]
      RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
      RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
      RewriteRule . index.php [L]
      # END WordPress Multisite
    
  • Edit the /opt/bitnami/apache/conf/vhosts/wordpress-https-vhost.conf file and perform the same replacements as before.

  • Restart Apache to apply the changes:

      $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
    
Last modification February 9, 2023