Title: Add a network site
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: September 29, 2020
Last modified: January 4, 2024

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 1. [WordPress on VIP](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-on-vip/)
 2. [WordPress multisite](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-on-vip/multisites/)
 3. Add a network site

#  Add a network site

A WordPress multisite network is a collection of sites that all share the same WordPress
installation core files. They can also share plugins and themes. The individual 
sites in the network have separate directories for media uploads within the shared
installation, and separate tables in the database.

**Prerequisite**

To add, remove, or edit settings for network sites in the [network-level Sites screen](https://wordpress.org/support/article/network-admin-sites-screen/),
a user must have [a WordPress Super Admin role](https://wordpress.org/support/article/roles-and-capabilities/#super-admin)
on that environment.

To add a new network site to a WordPress multisite environment:

 * Navigate to [the Network Admin Sites Screen](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/network-admin-sites-screen/)
   in the WordPress Network Admin dashboard: **My Sites** > **Network Admin** > **
   Sites**
 * Select the button labeled “**Add New**” and follow the WordPress prompts to provide
   the necessary details to create the new site.

When a new network site is added it is [automatically connected to Jetpack and Akismet](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-on-vip/).

Users with access to an application’s [VIP Dashboard](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/)
can review a list of the network sites that exist on an environment in [the **Network Sites** panel](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-on-vip/multisites/network-sites/).

## Site Address (URL) values for a new network site

When a network site is created, the Site Address (URL) value must be a subdirectory
of the domain that is assigned to the main site (ID 1).

While the Site Address (URL) for the main site (ID 1) is the convenience domain,
network sites can only be added with a Site Address (URL) that is a subdirectory
of the convenience domain.

For example: `example.go-vip.net/example-subdirectory`

If the main site was launched with the custom domain `admin.example.com`, a new 
network site can be added with the Site Address (URL) `admin.example.com/new-site`.

[The Site Address (URL) for a network site can later be updated](https://docs.wpvip.com/multisites/update-site-address-url/)
to a different value (domain, subdomain, or subdirectory) by [using the Network Sites launch tool](https://docs.wpvip.com/launch-a-site/begin-a-multisite-launch/)
or by following the steps to [manually launch a site on a multisite](https://docs.wpvip.com/manual-subsite-launch/).

Last updated: January 04, 2024