Cloudflare WordPress Multisite Domain Mapping

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All About Cloudflare WordPress Multisite Domain Mapping

WordPress Multi-User or WPMU is an earlier version of the WordPress Multisite, which is currently a part of the core WP software. According to our Support Techs, we can use a WPMU site configuration with Cloudflare with the following steps:

1. First, add the root domain to Cloudflare and then ensure its points the DNS to Cloudflare.
2. Next, we have to define the wildcard subdomains in the DNS zone file at signup. Furthermore, we have to explicitly define entries in the zone file as A record or CNAME entries in order to benefit from Cloudflare security and performance.

How to enable SSL on Multiple Mapped Domains

The Server Name Indication permits the client browser to relay the domain it is attempting to reach during the HTTPS handshaking process on the server. In fact, this allows the server to fetch the certificate with the hostname the browser is attempting to connect to.

Furthermore, Cloudflare also has Universal SSL implemented at the proxy level.

We can achieve SSL on our mapped domains under WPMU by combining Cloudflare with self-signed certificates on the server.

Moreover, the domain mapping plugin permits us to take a single domain Multisite network via subdomains as well as map the local site path to an external domain name. Our Support Techs recommend WPMUDEV Domain Mapping plugin, as well as the free, WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin.

In order to map the new domain, we have to log into Cloudflare. After that, we have to set the main DNS A record to the IP address of the Multisite network. Additionally, we have to make sure the record is routed via the Cloudflare proxy in case we prefer free SSL.

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Conclusion

In brief, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated how to use Cloudflare WordPress Multisite domain mapping.