Title: Multisite reset password redirect issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multisite reset password redirect issue

 *  Resolved [mwf113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwf113/)
 * (@mwf113)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/)
 * Client multisite is having issue with child sites redirecting back to main site
   for lost password. I found code on a previous post that I think addresses this,
   but it talks about it being in an mu-plugins folder, which I do not have? The
   code is this:
 *     ```
       <?php
       function ds_login_redirect( $redirect_to, $request_redirect_to, $user )
       {
           if ($user->ID != 0) {
               $user_info = get_userdata($user->ID);
               if ($user_info->primary_blog) {
                   $primary_url = get_blogaddress_by_id($user_info->primary_blog) . 'wp-admin/';
                   if ($primary_url) {
                       wp_redirect($primary_url);
                       die();
                   }
               }
           }
           return $redirect_to;
       }
       add_filter('login_redirect','ds_login_redirect', 100, 3);
       ?>
       ```
   
 * I need the user to be able to request a new password, and be redirected back 
   to THEIR site, not main site, because it is creating confusion.
 * Current Log in hyperlink points to MAINSITE/wp-login.php
    Register/Back to MAINSITE
   hyperlink points to MAINSITE
 * I need MAINSITE to be CHILDSITE???
 * Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/#post-4168895)
 * > Client multisite is having issue with child sites redirecting back to main 
   > site for lost password.
 * That’s what’s supposed to happen, FYI.
 * Just create the mu-plugins folder if you don’t have one. It’s the same level 
   as your plugins folder, so like this:
 *     ```
       wp-content/
                 /mu-plugins
                 /themes
                 /plugins
       ```
   
 * And so on 🙂
 *  [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * (@bitpath)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/#post-4169038)
 * Will this bug be fixed in any current versions?
    I have been struggling with 
   this using multisite, got the certs good, got the sites good, got the admin area
   directing right, but the password reset is really messing people up. People cannot
   reset their password for the right site, as everything redirects to the main 
   site they may or may not have access to. For now I will review the bug fixes 
   and merges that don’t seem to be in the current 3.9.2 though. Thanks for any 
   help or ETA!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/#post-4169039)
 * It’s not a bug. The users are never resetting passwords for their SITE, they 
   are always and forever setting it on the NETWORK.
 *  [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * (@bitpath)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/#post-4169040)
 * Ah, so it’s a usability/design issue and intentional, in other words, not likely
   to be addressed or changed in core.
    Got it. I’m not going to argue semantics
   of what they’re changing. There is a point to multisite, and if a member only
   has permission on site A, and they click reset password from site A, they expect
   the email and link to pertain to site A. The network underneath should be transparent
   to them. Of course, I as the admin, know the network root and underpinnings, 
   etc. thanks
 *  [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * (@bitpath)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/#post-4169041)
 * Point is the URL they are is a certain site and they are requesting a password
   from a certain site. I considered this a bug at first that everything else, even
   admin area can be configed to look like a specific site but the password reset
   and link crudely takes them back to the network root without further ado or explanation.
   
   I was only thinking of certain members with access to just 1 of the sites. It
   does seem better to educate though, since some people will use multiple sites,
   and I will look at adjusting the password reset page to make it clear they are
   changing it for multiple sites. I can see a few different cases where people 
   want everything for a certain site to reference that site. I managed to use domain
   mapping and such so that even the admin area can be transparent, but not being
   able to configure that one part, the password link stood out like a sore thumb.
   I was thinking of some limited cases and will change my approach. I did not want
   to give everyone access to my root site but not doing so would obviously cause
   confusion if the password reset always references it. thanks!
 *  [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * (@bitpath)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/#post-4169042)
 * This is related then. I will change my approach from trying to have certain sites
   silo’d, since all members must come back to the network root or main site to 
   reset passwords.
    Does this mean in a multisite, all users by nature have access
   to the main site? I assume yes, and I just noticed they are. If you restrict 
   someone from the root domain site then of course this is counter to wordpress
   multisite if that’s where they reset passwords for example, right? Thank you.
   I really was thinking of this differently so I’m straightening out my thinking
   and approach.

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## Tags

 * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/redirect/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-reset-password-redirect-issue/#post-4169042)
 * Status: resolved

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