Title: Network Menu Missing WordPress "Own Directory" Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Network Menu Missing WordPress "Own Directory" * Resolved [cottagemagpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cottagemagpie/) * (@cottagemagpie) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/) * Hi there, * I just set-up Network on my existing install of WordPress (3.5.1), and the menu for the Network Admin is pointing to “mydomain.com/wp-admin/network” instead of where I need it to, which is “mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/network” — and I haven’t been able to figure out how to fix it. Any suggestions? * I followed the instructions in Create a Network, and I had my wordpress files in the subdirectory /wordpress/ prior to adding the multisite information to my wp-config. * The relevant bit of my wp-config is currently: * ``` define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true); define('MULTISITE', true); define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false); define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'cottagemagpie.com'); define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/'); define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1); define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1); ``` * And my .htaccess at the root is: * ``` 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).*) $2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` * Any ideas? I tried just manually typing in the network address so I could gets started, but all of the links internally in that section are also missing the“/ wordpress/” so none of them will work for me. * Thanks in advance!! * ~Angela~ Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/#post-3494390) * Interestingly enough… they ALL work for me on my site (I just did a nested WP in it’s own directory Multisite to test this). * But I think I know why. Here’s my .htaccess: * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [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).*) wordpress/$1 [L] RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ wordpress/$1 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` * See how there are two lines near the end with `wordpress/$1` and YOURS have just` $2` ? I think that’s what’s going on. * Put in `foldername/$1` instead (my folder name is wordpress in this case) * Thread Starter [cottagemagpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cottagemagpie/) * (@cottagemagpie) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/#post-3494393) * Thanks — so I tried just subbing out the $2 for the wordpress/$1 (my wordpress install is in /wordpress/ also), and that just gave me 404 errors. So I decided to just try your .htaccess wholesale, and that worked… kinda. * So I can use the Network Admin screens just fine. The URL’s are still wrong ( weird), but they work — I can add sites, etc.. * BUT, when I try to visit the Dashboard for the subsides, they give me a redirecting error. My main site still works, it goes to /wordpress/wp-admin/ as usual. But all the network sites are not working. * For example, I have a network site in /gardening/ and the URL that shows in the browser is /gardening/wp-admin/ – and Firefox tells me: “The page isn’t redirecting properly. Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.” * More ideas?? * I really appreciate your help. I haven’t written a RE since the early ’90s. * ~Angela~ * Thread Starter [cottagemagpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cottagemagpie/) * (@cottagemagpie) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/#post-3494394) * FYI, I don’t know if this matters, but I am working from a WP that was upgraded to 3.5.1, but I upgraded *before* activating the Multisite option. * (I forced the subdirectory option, I know there are no posts with names that will conflict — I double-checked before I did it). * I would be willing to start from a completely fresh install except that I have several hundred posts and thousands of comments and I’m a little concerned about how to do that effectively. Setting up on a different domain and then moving seemed daunting, and exporting everything, rebuilding and reimporting seemed a little nailbiting also…. * ~A * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/#post-3494395) * > So I can use the Network Admin screens just fine. The URL’s are still wrong( > weird), but they work — I can add sites, etc.. * That’s supposed to happen (yeah, I know). * But your 404/redirect loop is becuase you’re using the wrong .htaccess 😉 * ``` 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).*) wordpress/$2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ wordpress/$2 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` * I didn’t realize you were on subfolders, so I gave you subDOMAIN 🙂 * Thread Starter [cottagemagpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cottagemagpie/) * (@cottagemagpie) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/#post-3494396) * OH, thankyouthankyouthankyou! It worked! Woo hoo! * ~Angela~ * [addy75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addy75/) * (@addy75) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/#post-3494439) * Hi all. I researched the web and this forum until I found this post and it’s such a breath of fresh air to find my exact issue. I share the same issue as cottage – the Network Admin is pointing to “mydomain.com/wp-admin/network” instead of where I need it to, which is “mydomain.com/public/wp-admin/network (where my subdir is “public” and not “wordpress” ) * I used the code above but to no avail. I am new to this forum and I want to follow proper etiquette so I just wanted to ask, is it ok to share my problem here or do I create a new post? Just checking. Anyway any help anyone can assist me with will be greatly appreciated. I am the end of my rope. Here is my code so far: * ``` define('WP_DEBUG', false); define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true); define('MULTISITE', true); define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true); define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'mydomain.com'); define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/'); define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1); define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1); ``` * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [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).*) public/$1 [L] RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ public/$1 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Network Menu Missing WordPress "Own Directory"’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 6 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [addy75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addy75/) * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-menu-missing-wordpress-own-directory/#post-3494439) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics