Domainer

Most reviewers say it does domain mapping on multisite simply and well, though a couple hit a wrecked wp-config during the sunrise.php setup step and the newest reviewer flags trouble on PHP 8.

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Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

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Crossed into this band 3.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ vadim s. sabinich

   3.6y ago

   It works well on our multisite domains, even with 6.1x WordPress version. BUT! Not with PHP 8.x 🙁

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2. ★★★★★ derjan83

   5.0y ago

   Worked perfect on our multisite domains, even with latest 5.8x wordpress version.

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   5.7y ago

   Same as Bryan above: installed as instructed but got immediately error for the hole wp-installation. Had to delete sunrise-file and reload old wp-config to get back on track.

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4. ★★★★★ Bryan

   6.3y ago

   This plugin was not tested with my version…ehm the current WP and I should listen to this warning. Plugin ruined wp-config.php as I did try to click on “give it a shot” Domainer cannot function until you complete the following: Copy sunrise.php file in Domainer’s plugin folder to your site’s wp-content directory. Add define(‘SUNRISE’, true); to your site’s wp-config.php file. Domainer may be able to do this itself. Click here to give it a shot. Every page running on same Multisite WP Installation was down in no time and there was no access to WP Backoffice. There has been a critical error on your website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions. Very very very bad idea.

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5. ★★★★★ actopix

   6.4y ago

   I was struggling to make Polylang domain mapping work for my multisite installation for days and booom. I found this plug-in and worked immediately with the option to add alias domain names to my primary website. It canceled the error I was getting with Polylang because domain names was not configured in the multisite installation. I had an url like /wp-signup.php?new= showing up when trying to access the alias for Polylang. Hope it will be maintained because WordPress doesn’t support aliases natively. And I didn’t find other alternatives for my installation. Thank you very much !

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6. ★★★★★ Brian Lewis

   6.4y ago

   I needed to route custom domain names to specific sites on my Multisite installation. That’s it. Domainer lets me route custom domain names to specific sites on my Multisite installation. That’s it. It does exactly what I needed, does it transparently, and does it well.

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7. ★★★★★ techstarter

   6.6y ago

   after being a longtime user of WPMUDEV Domain Mapping (and having them inexplicably drop the plugin) i tried to use the salvaged version from GITHUB to no avail. broken. found this plugin by pure chance – installed and works instantly… plus its much BETTER — centrally managed, incredibly simple. really appreciate this plugin, solved all my problems.

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8. ★★★★★ rja.tcu

   7.7y ago

   My programmer recommended this plugin, and at first I was worried as it hadn’t been updated for a while and only received four reviews. It seems that my doubts were unjustified. So far it’s working great 🙂

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4.2

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2023-05-26 20+ → 10+ down after 66 days in tier
2. 2023-03-21 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2023-03-19 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-03-18 10+ → 20+ up

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Domainer: 10+ active installs, 4.3★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/domainer