The problem is you ran an SQL query to change the site name. Doing this mangled and corrupted values that were serialised by PHP Instead, use a Search replace script that will grab the values, deserialise, replace then re-serialise. WP CLI has such a command. The reason for this is that the PHP serialised values … Read more
I just follow these steps. And its done now. So if you want to change this, you’ve got a few options open to you: Go to “My Sites” –> “Network Admin” –> “Sites” –> “All Sites” and select “Edit” on the site that you want to set the default role for, then click “Settings”. Scroll … Read more
If they signup and choose “Just a username, please.”, they get a global user that can login everywhere but has no role anywhere. So if your hidden content requires only a logged-in user, they will get it. If it requires some role, they will not. If they signup and choose “Gimme a site!” they get … Read more
You can use WordPress hooks to load site-specific files, but it requires some work. In this example, we’ll keep a common Dutch language file at a system location. This can contain any strings that work for both sites. Then we’ll override the common strings in two files using the site ID. So we have three … Read more
You cannot enable or disable plugins wholesale for specific user roles. A plugin’s ‘active-ness’ is not determined per-user. If you attempted to actually deactivate a plugin for a specific user role, then any time a user with that role logged in the plugin would be deactivated for every user that visited your site. A user … Read more
You can try a couple of things. WordPress has a built-in Importer/Exporter you can find under the Tools menu: The tool is a bit hit or miss, your mileage may vary. Alternatively, you can do the following: First, take backups of everything!! It sounds like you already have, but do it again, just in case. … Read more
What you’re describing is a WordPress multi-site install. Everything you described will work. The WordPress Codex has most of the information you’ll need to get started: https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network As of WordPress 4.5 domain mapping is native to WordPress and you don’t need a plugin. https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-multisite-domain-mapping It’s a pretty straight forward setup but following the guide above … Read more
You can’t find the option to specify the domain because there isn’t one, that’s not how multisite work. Functions always operate on the current site. If you’re in WP Admin the site is the site that WP Admin is for. Additionally, the plugin will run on all sites, so if your code worked the way … Read more
In addition to modification of wp-config you might need to check .htaccess too, if there are any pointers to subfolder. After that, you might need to replace the values in DB tables wp_site and wp_blogs.
Look in Network Admin > Settings > Banned Names. It is just one line so if you have very many, better type them up in notepad first. The help text under it says: Users are not allowed to register these sites. Separate names by spaces. Just type in all the names you want to reserve … Read more