id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,focuses 44575,"Network administrators are allowed to register sites with hyphens, but wpmu_validate_blog_signup disallows hyphens",greatislander,,"As a network administrator, I can register a site with a hyphen in the URL from `/wp-admin/network/site-new.php` (see here: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-admin/network/site-new.php#L237). The guide text says: > Only lowercase letters (a-z), numbers, and hyphens are allowed. However, as a user on `wp-signup.php`, I can only use lowercase letters and numbers and this is enforced by `wpmu_validate_blog_signup()` (see here: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-admin/network/site-new.php#L237). The error message says: > Site names can only contain lowercase letters (a-z) and numbers. Is there a reason for this discrepancy? As a network admin, it means that I have different URL options depending on where I register a site, which is counterintuitive. Ideally the same URL options would be available for site registration wherever it happens.",defect (bug),closed,normal,,Networks and Sites,3.0,normal,duplicate,needs-patch,,multisite