Multisite Blog Alias is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 5 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Multisite Blog Alias is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by podpirate. With a rating of 5.0★ from 5 reviews.
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Multisite Blog Alias is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 5 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by podpirate — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (5) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Multisite Blog Alias works
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WP Multisite plugin to maintain URL-redirects for Blogs.
Features
Permanent 301 Redirect to blogs main domain
Painless installation and activation – no file access necessary.
Checks domain status
Supports UTF-8 Domains
WP-Cli commands
Usage
Set up your DNS. Make sure your Domain points to your WordPress installation. You can achieve this by either setting up an A- or CNAME-Record in your DNS configuration. Your webserver must be configured to handle requests on the given Domain.
Under Network Admin – Sites edit the site and select the Alias Domains Tab.
Enter the domain without http ao / and click “Add”.
Click “Check Status” to see if it worked. If something went wrong you will see an error message.
If you want to redirect with URL path appended (e.g. from some-alias.tld/some/path to some-real-blog.tld/some/path), add this to your wp-config.php:
define( 'WPMU_BLOG_ALIAS_REDIRECT_WITH_PATH', true );
Status messages Warning: The domain matches the site URL of this blog: The Blog is using the domain name as Site URL.
Error: The domain is already used by another site: A different Blog is already using the domain as Site URL. Eiter Remove the alias from the sblog you are currently workin on, or from the other one.
The domain is unreachable: There is likely an error in your DNS or your Webserver configuration. Use nslookup from he command line or whatsmydns.net to check the DNS-Settings.
The domain or a redirect does not point to this blog: Following all redirects did not end up on your WordPress-Site, but somewhere else. There is likely an error in your DNS or your Webserver configuration.
WP-CLI Examples Listing Domain aliases List alias domains for blog-id 123
wp alias-domains list --blog_id=123
Output minified json of all aliases
wp alias-domains list --format=json --compact=2
Output csv including the header row but omitting other messages into file
wp alias-domains list --format=csv --compact > alias-list.csv
Add Domain Alias wp alias-domains add --blog_id=123 --domain_alias=quux.foobar.tld
Remove Domain Alias Remove a specific alias
wp alias-domains remove --domain_alias=quux.foobar.tld
Remove all aliases for blog 123
wp alias-domains remove --blog_id=123
Testing Domain Aliases wp alias-domains test --domain_alias=quux.foobar.tld<h3>Plugin PHP-API</h3>
The plugin introduces two functions allowing you to add / remove a domain aliases from inside PHP.
Add Domain alias
$result = alias_domain_add( $blog_id, 'quux.foobar.tld' ); if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) { // handle error }
Remove specific Domain alias
$result = alias_domain_remove_by( 'domain_alias', 'quux.foobar.tld' ); if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) { // handle error }
Remove Domain aliases for a specific blog
$result = alias_domain_remove_by( 'blog_id', 123 ); if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) { // handle error }<h3>Development</h3>
Please head over to the source code on Github.
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What is Multisite Blog Alias?
Multisite Blog Alias is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 5 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by podpirate.