Title: Network Sites
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: June 22, 2022
Last modified: March 24, 2026

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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. Network Sites

#  Network Sites

The **Network Sites** panel provides a list of all existing sites on a WordPress
multisite network, related information for each site, and the ability to [launch the network site](https://docs.wpvip.com/launch-a-site/begin-a-multisite-launch/).

Network sites are listed in ascending order by site ID, and each listed site displays:

 * **ID:** The site ID value of the listed site.
 * **URL:** The Site Address (URL) value of the listed site.
 * **LAUNCH STATUS:** The launch status of the listed site. The site’s launch status
   indicates a site’s eligibility to begin a launch, complete a launch, or re-launch
   a site with a new domain.
 * **ADMIN ACCESS:** The displayed WordPress logo links to the listed site’s WordPress
   Admin dashboard (WP Admin). To successfully log in to the WP Admin, a user must
   either be a [listed user](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-user-access/#h-user-management-on-a-wordpress-multisite)
   for that specific site or have a [Super Admin](https://wordpress.org/support/article/roles-and-capabilities/#super-admin)
   role on the network.

![](https://docs.wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/network-sites-panel.
png?w=1024)

Example screenshot of the Network Sites panel in the VIP Dashboard

## Limitations

The network site(s) of a WordPress multisite environment might not appear as expected
in the Network Sites panel [if cron is not operational,](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-on-vip/cron-control/)
or if a network site is inaccessible due to other configuration issues.

## Access

**Prerequisite**

To access the **Network Sites** panel, a user must have at minimum an [Org member role](https://docs.wpvip.com/manage-user-access/vip-dashboard/org-roles)
or an [App write role](https://docs.wpvip.com/manage-user-access/vip-dashboard/org-roles/#h-app-roles)
for that application.

To access the **Network Sites** panel:

 1. Navigate to the [VIP Dashboard](https://dashboard.wpvip.com/) for an application.
 2. Select “**Network Sites**” from the sidebar navigation at the left of the screen.

The **Network Sites** panel is environment-specific (e.g., Production, Develop).
A different environment can be selected from the dropdown located at the upper left
of the VIP Dashboard application view.

By default, network sites of an environment are displayed in the Network Sites panel.
Filter the sites displayed by:

 * Selecting one of three launch status options from the dropdown in the upper left
   of the **Network Sites** panel: In Progress, Launched, or Not launched.
 * Searching for a site by site ID or `home_url` values in the search field located
   in the upper right of the **Network Sites** panel.

Use the pagination controls at the bottom of the list to navigate between pages 
of network sites. Select the number of items displayed per page using the page size
selector.

## Launch status

Monitoring and alerting used by VIP Support differs slightly for network sites marked
as “**Launched**” based on the expectation that a [launched](https://docs.wpvip.com/launched/)
site is publicly accessible. A network site is only truly publicly accessible at
a custom domain after the VIP Dashboard launch process for a site is complete, and
the domain’s [DNS is pointed to VIP](https://docs.wpvip.com/domains/point-dns-to-vip/).

### Waiting

The [order of launching sites](https://docs.wpvip.com/launch-a-site/order-of-launch/)
on a network requires the main site (ID 1) to be launched before any other network
sites. Network sites marked as “**Waiting**” indicate that the main site is not 
yet launched.

### Launch this site

Unlaunched sites that are eligible for launch, but have not yet started a launch
process, display a button labeled “**Launch this site**“.

### Continue with launch

Unlaunched sites that are eligible for launch, and have started but not completed
a launch process, display a button labeled “**Continue with launch**“.

### Launched

Sites are marked as “**Launched**” after a user has completed all [required steps in the launch tool](https://docs.wpvip.com/launch-a-site/begin-a-multisite-launch/)
for that site.

Launched sites can be [re-launched with a different domain](https://docs.wpvip.com/wordpress-on-vip/multisites/update-site-address-url/)
that has been added to an environment’s VIP Dashboard. By selecting the linked text“**
Update domain**” below the site’s “Launched” status, a user will re-enter the launch
tool where the steps to launch the site with the new domain can be completed.

### Update domain

Because non-production sites are not intended for public traffic, they do not meet
the criteria for the definition of a [launched](https://docs.wpvip.com/launched/)
site. Non-production sites listed in the Network Sites panel will only display a
link labeled “**Update domain**“. Select a site’s “**Update domain**” link in order
to update the site’s domain with the Network Sites Launch Tool.

Last updated: March 24, 2026