Replace all links before the installation of the SSL (you can update the links via SQL) How to mass update links Your wordpress should throw out https:// links now after the installation of the SSL certificate. This problem is due to wordpress decision to insert full links when inserting media through the editor.
Opening WordPress on wordpress.example.com, while the webpage is at example.com
It sounds complicated, and I am not sure I fully understand your setup. However, I dealt with the same general idea by putting the WordPress core two levels down (not one, but two). This then frees up the root for other things. .htaccess can be used to direct where the incoming URL for the main … Read more
You can try using WP Subdomains plugin. It allows you to use Category slug, Page slug, or Author name as the subdomain name. You’ll have to configure your webserver for each subdomain you want to use. Make sure that a DNS entry has been added to point the subdomains to your server.
Welcome! As Tom mentions in his comment, a 500 error is just a generic error code for a php error. In most server environments, you can go to your wp-config.php file and make sure define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true ); is set. This will try to print the actual PHP error to the screen. After that, fix … Read more
I like a simple, all-purpose htaccess to enable https on all site requests: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] In addition, go into Network Admin, Sites, then Edit each site, then the Settings tab for each site. Change all occurences of http to https for your site. (Some plugins may have the … Read more
What if you try to install the new WP without SSL first and see if it works? You can activate SSL later, as you did with your “main” website.
Multisite network subdomains doesn’t work
Welcome into the community. To answer to your question: do I have to create a subdomain on the server before creating a site within the multisite admin dashboard, or after? yes, you need to create subdomains on your server using cPanel or plesk. if yes, do I have to install a WordPress installation in this … Read more
Sounds like this is a Multisite installation, and if so — he needs to add you as a Network Administrator not just a single site administrator. I need to be able to add a sub-domain that points to a different website What exactly do you mean by this? You want to add a subdomain that … Read more