Defining UPLOADS location on multisite results in “too many redirects”

I have set up a multisite with folder structure and I’m using define( 'UPLOADS', ''.'media' ); in wp-config.php to set a custom media library path. All multisite configuration is working well except the use of media on any of the subfolder sites.

I can upload media and the correct path for the image is saved, for example https://domain.com/subfolder/media/sites/2/2020/01/filename.png. This path is similar to the default path when not adding a custom media library path. It would then be https://domain.com/subfolder/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/01/filename.png. But where it works with the default path the images give a “too many redirects” error when using a custom path.

So it seems to me that rewriting the path to media files on subsites is not working correctly when using a custom media path. I’m using the default .htaccess config as suggested by the network installer. It looks like this:

RewriteEngine On
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]

How can I get multisite with subfolder and custom media path to play nice together?

• This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Solide Webservices.