WordPress has finalized a stable multi-user version of its world famous blogging software. if you wanted to have more than one blog in WordPress you had to have multiple installs. WordPressMU let’s you do the same thing with a single install and run them under sub-domains if you desire. You can also continue to add blogs and users to those blogs until you get tired.
I was encountering some difficulties installing WordPress MU using different subdomains, and I finally figured it out after some time, so I thought I’d do a walkthough to help fellow MU-wannabes. Just follow few step to install. Installing wordpressmu is difficult then wordpress. So lets start…
Here I discuss about install wordpressMU into localhost. For this you need few change in windows configuretion and localhost server. First I discuss how to change your http://localhost to http://localhost.com .
step 1: Setting up locally on Windows!
WordPressmu will not run on the address http://localhost/ so will have to change the Windows HOST file a bit. I added this to the file:
127.0.0.1 localhost.com
This file can be found in this path in Windows.
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
OR there are another option to change this. Just download HostsXpert software and install. To using this software you change your localhost domain what you need.
Step 2. Download WordPress MU and extract the files!
You can download from here http://mu.wordpress.org/download/ . grab a copy of the source code. It should be a zip or tar.gz file. Doesn’t matter.
Step 3. Upload Those Files!
Extract all files into desired folder (ex: http://localhost.com/wordpressmu/) for host (ex: http://www.yourdomain.com/wordpressmu/)
Step 4: Enable mod-rewrite!
For Apache on my machine, mod-rewrite is not enabled by default. To enable mod-rewrite goto this file httpd.conf. you find this file here Open your httpd.conf file.(I install my server in c directory.
Search and change the following code:
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite. so
Remove the # at the beginning of the line. Should look like this
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Save changes and Restart Apache Server.
Step 5: Create Database!
Create Database (without any tables). In PHPMyAdmin this task is fairly simple.
Step 6: Enter the details!
Select “subdomains” in the Blog Addresses section, enter your mySQL credentials into the page, and the details of your main blog.
Hit submit and you will seeing that you are done! ![]()
Step 7: Log in !
Log in and make sure everything looks good.

now its install. enjoy the wordpress MU
you can use it many way.








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January 14, 2009 at 2:20 pm
achmad athar
please tell me how to make website? Thank’s
January 14, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Saeed
thanks to you. if you want website like a blog. very simple make account on to any free blog host. like wordpress.com, blogspot.com. and many more. and if you want to make own website then you need to know php, XHTML, javascripts, mysql. i can help to do this, tell me what kind of help you need?
January 14, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Saeed
thanks athar, nice to meet you.
January 31, 2009 at 5:17 pm
KLadofoRA
thanks that’s work great with me
I just still have error 500 and I think it cuz mod rewrite not work
I upcomment it from httpd.conf but still not work
February 1, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Saeed
after upcomment the # you need to restart your server
March 23, 2009 at 6:45 am
swetha
Hi,
Thanks very much for the tip to change localhost to localhost.com
April 24, 2009 at 5:12 am
Raol
Thanks man..!
Simple and easy steps to follow, Great…
April 24, 2009 at 6:18 am
Raol
hey after i successfully got the WPMU config screen i added the details of my localhost (username : root / pass: ‘blank’) but after that i got this error
“Redirect Loop
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.”
can u please help me out here?
June 7, 2009 at 3:47 pm
kathryn
Thanks for the tip, but I’m getting the 403 forbidden
You don’t have permission to access http://localhost.com/wpmu/index.php
on this server.
Is there another step than just creating the new directory and editing the hosts file in You don’t have permission to access /blogs/wpmu on this server.?
I did restart windows in between…that did not help
THanks