I just set up WordPress Multisite on my local machine following this tutorial. When I try to login to the admin using Google Chrome, the page just refreshes. I’ve tried Firefox, and I’m able to login and use WordPress Multisite normally and access the dashboard. I’ve tried clearing my cache, and using incognito mode in Google Chrome, to make sure that it wasn’t a caching issue. Here are the steps I take to login:
- I navigate to
http://dev-server/wp-admin - I’m redirected to
http://dev-server/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fdev-server%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1 - I enter my username and password, then click ‘Log in’
- I’m redirected to
http://m1/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fdev-server%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1
I’ve also added to my wp-config.php as referenced here:
define('WP_HOME','http://dev-server');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://dev-server');
Is there anything else I can try? I’d like to be able to use both Chrome and Firefox.
I solved my own problem. I installed WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin, set the mapping my to home ip, 127.0.0.1, then added my site to domains with the domain name I wanted. The domain name in domains must match the site domain. Once all of that was done, I made sure the domain was also mapped in my hosts file.
I hope this helps anyone else that runs into this issue.