/** This post is now outdated. You can find the updated version here. **/ Let me just start by saying finding information regarding this topic was plentiful, but there wasn’t really a solid way or explanation on this process. Hopefully I can make it easy enough to follow. The process is different for Multi-Site and Separate Installs so make sure you follow the correct instructions. I’ll start by helping you with the common steps then we’ll break down into the individual tasks.
- wp-config.php
- Lets assume that your website is www.example.com and you have a second site at either “number2.example.com” or “www.example.com/number2” as either one works for this.
- in your main site’s config file (www.example.com) you will be adding a few lines
define('SECRET_SALT', 'Random_String'); define('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', '/'); define('COOKIEPATH', '/'); define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '/'); define('COOKIEHASH', md5('Random_String'));
- Replace “Random_String” with a random string of letters, numbers, and characters. I just used the WordPress salt generator and took one of the strings from there.
- I know that was difficult to do but now your website’s will use the same cookies for their logins…
- NOTE: If you have two WordPress installs you will use the exact same settings above for BOTH wp-config.php files.
