WordPress Multisite – Redirect loop when opening site dashboard

  • specialconnectionstudio

    (@specialconnectionstudio)


    1 month ago

    Hello,

    I recently set up a WordPress Multisite installation and I am experiencing a redirect loop when trying to open the dashboard of a newly created site.

    Setup

    • Hosting: shared hosting (Apache)
    • WordPress Multisite installed
    • Structure: Subdirectories (not subdomains)
    • Main network domain:
      https://design.example.com
    • Example site:
      https://design.example.com/test/

    The site itself loads correctly when I enter the full URL in the browser.

    However, when I go to:

    Network Admin → Sites → Dashboard

    WordPress redirects repeatedly and the browser eventually shows:

    “Too many redirects”

    My hosting provider checked the server configuration and confirmed the redirects are generated by WordPress itself, not by the server.

    The response header shows:

    HTTP/1.1 302 Found
    X-Redirect-By: WordPress
    Location: https://design.example.com/test/wp-admin/

    But WordPress keeps redirecting to the same URL.

    Things I already checked

    • .htaccess contains the default WordPress multisite rules
    • Permalinks set to Post name
    • Browser cache cleared
    • Multisite configuration in wp-config.php:

    define(‘MULTISITE’, true);
    define(‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, false);
    define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘design.example.com’);
    define(‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘/’);

    Does anyone know what might cause this redirect loop when opening the dashboard of a multisite subdirectory site?

    Thank you very much for any help.

    Best regards
    Sarah

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  • Marta Fernandez

    (@marferblanco)

    1 month ago

    Hello @specialconnectionstudio

    Since the site itself loads correctly at:

    https://design.special-connection-studio.de/brave-business/

    but the redirect loop happens when opening the dashboard, this often indicates that WordPress is not resolving the correct site URL internally.

    A couple of things would be useful to check:

    1. In the wp_blogs table, verify that the entry for the site has:

    domain → design.special-connection-studio.de
    path → /brave-business/

    1. In the options table for that site (likely wp_2_options), confirm that these values are set to:

    siteurl → https://design.special-connection-studio.de/brave-business
    home → https://design.special-connection-studio.de/brave-business

    If either of those values is missing /brave-business, WordPress may repeatedly redirect /wp-admin/.

    Also, when the redirect loop happens, are you accessing the dashboard via:

    https://design.special-connection-studio.de/brave-business/wp-admin/

    or through Network Admin → Sites → Dashboard?

    If you can, could you also confirm what values you currently see for home and siteurl in that site’s options table?

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