Covert WordPress to Multisite

Step 1:
Obtain a domain name for your “main” site. Something that will work well as a subdomain.

Step 2:
Purchase a hosting account (Hostgator is what we used in this tutorial).
www.hostgator.com

Step 3:
Install WordPress. For this tutorial we will assume that you already know how to do this.

Step 4:
Change site to Multi-site. To enable the Network Setup menu item, you must first define multisite in the wp-config.php file. To do this open up your wp-config.php as shown below (you may also accomplish this via FTP)

Go To> cpanel > File Manager

 

Choose Document Root Folder & Show Hidden > Go

 

Select WP-Config > click Edit

 

Add this line above where it says

/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

Then click save.

If it doesn’t say that anywhere, then add the line somewhere above the first line that begins with “require” or “include”:

/* Multisite */
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

After saving this you will go back to the admin of your WordPress website and take the following steps. Next you will deactivate your plugins and go to Tools > Network Setup

 

 

From within the Network Setup follow step 1 & 2

Notes:

Create Subdomain Wildcard

1) Go to subdomains in cPanel

Add “*” as the subdomain and click “Create”

Should look like this when done: