Plesk WordPress Multisite Install with Non-www Domains

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I'm trying to do something that's pretty straight-forward in cPanel, but I wish to use Plesk instead. I'd like to create a WordPress multi-site install and point various domains and sub-domains to it. Here are examples:

www.mymaindomain.com
test.mymaindomain.com
www.newdomain.com
multi.anotherdomain.com

In cPanel, it's pretty painless:

  1. Create a WordPress multi-site install under www.mymaindomain.com
  2. Point the domains to cPanel's IP address in DNS
  3. Add sub-domains (e.g. test.mymaindomain.com) and addon domains (e.g. multi.anotherdomain.com) and point them to the folder of the install.
  4. Within WordPress multi-site, add the new sites, 1 for each domain/subdomain pointed.

It's similar in Plesk. However, the complication comes when trying to point non-www domains that are not sub-domains of the main domain (e.g. multi.anotherdomain.com) to the site. Plesk doesn't have 'Addon' domains like cPanel. Instead it has 'Domain Aliases' where it forces you to use a www domain.

I'm not finding any good simple instructions for this in Plesk. Are there any?

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1 Answers

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If you know the differences between cPanel and Plesk, the answer is straight-forward. Basically, if you want to point a subdomain to a subscription (i.e. one group of domains) for a WordPress multi-site, then even if the main domain isn't pointing to the server, you still need to add it first, then create the subdomain after that and point it to the httpdocs folder of the main subscription domain.