Title: Order of launching sites on a multisite
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: October 6, 2021
Last modified: January 5, 2024

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 1. [Launch a site](https://docs.wpvip.com/launch-a-site/)
 2. Order of launching sites on a multisite

#  Order of launching sites on a multisite

The “main site” of a network on a WordPress multisite environment is typically the
first site (ID 1), and will be listed first in [the Network Admin Sites screen](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/network-admin-sites-screen/).

The main site must be [launched](https://docs.wpvip.com/launched/) with a custom,
non-[convenience domain](https://docs.wpvip.com/domains-tls/domains/) (something
other than `*.go-vip.net`) before any other site on the multisite can [launch](https://docs.wpvip.com/launch-a-site/).

All [new sites added to a multisite network](https://docs.wpvip.com/create-new-sites/)
will initially exist as [subdirectories](https://docs.wpvip.com/multisites/subdomains-subdirectories/)
of the main site’s domain. It can therefore be useful to have a custom domain assigned
to the main site (ID 1) for branding purposes, such as `admin.example.com` or `vip.
example.com`.

VIP recommends that the main site is not a publicly accessible site and is used 
for administrative purposes only. As a non-public site, the main site should have
a default theme activated, no content added, and the [the Maintenance Mode plugin](https://docs.wpvip.com/restricting-site-access/maintenance-mode/)
installed and activated in order to restrict access.

Last updated: January 05, 2024