Site settings

Every setting a site can carry, by setting plugin. The key is what drush sites:info, settings.php and the agent tools use.

Column	Meaning
Env	The value can differ per environment.
Transl.	The value can differ per language.
Always available	A site type cannot switch the setting off.
Site only	The site type has no default for it; each site sets its own.
Sensitive	Output (dashboard, Drush, logs) shows it redacted.

Identity

Plugin sites, Sites (sites). The site's name, hostname and aliases, structure (main site or sub-site), hreflang region and canonical link mode.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
id	Site ID				Always available
title	Title				Always available
site_type	Structure	default			Always available
main_site_id	Main site				Site only
inherit_parent_settings	Inherit settings from the main site	false			Site only
main_site_participation	Run by the main site's people	false			Site only
hostname	Hostname		yes		Always available
hostname_aliases	Hostname aliases		yes		Always available
region_key	Region
weight	Weight	100			Site only
canonical_tag	Canonical link	canonical_site

Overridable fields

Plugin content_overrides, Sites content overrides (sites_content_overrides). The fields of shared content this site may override.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
content_overrides_field_names__{entity_type}	Fields a site may override

Site information

Plugin system_site, Sites (sites). Site name, email address, slogan, front page and error pages, edited on the Site information page.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
site_name	Site name		yes	yes	Always available; Config system.site:name
site_slogan	Slogan		yes	yes	Config system.site:slogan
site_mail	Email address		yes		Config system.site:mail
site_frontpage	Default front page	/	yes		Config system.site:page.front
site_403	Default 403 (access denied) page		yes		Config system.site:page.403
site_404	Default 404 (not found) page		yes		Config system.site:page.404

Appearance

Plugin appearance, Sites (sites). Theme, admin theme, thumbnail, logo and favicon, edited on the Appearance page.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
theme	Theme	olivero	yes		Config system.theme:default
admin_theme	Admin theme	gin	yes		Config system.theme:admin
thumbnail	Thumbnail
logo_path	Logo
favicon_path	Favicon

Assignable content

Plugin content, Sites (sites). Which content can be assigned to the site, and how many sites a content entity may belong to.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
content:{entity_type}:{bundle}	Whether content of a type may belong to the site	-1	yes

Auto-assigned content

Plugin content_defaults, Sites (sites). Which new content is assigned to the site by default.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
default_content_types	Default content types
canonical_by_weight	Canonical site by weight	false

Site filtering

Plugin site_filtering, Sites (sites). Whether listings and entity references show only the content of this site.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
filter_views	Filter listings by the active site	false
filter_references	Filter references by the active site	false

Per-site menus

Plugin menus, Sites menu (sites_menu). Which menus this site gets its own version of.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
per_site_menu:{menu}	Whether the site has its own links in a menu	false

Assignable roles

Plugin roles, Sites (sites). Which roles can be assigned to users within the site.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
per_site_role:{role}	Whether the role can be assigned on the site	false

Languages

Plugin language, Sites language (sites_language). The languages this site speaks and its default language.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
languages	Enabled languages	{"en":true,"fr":true,"de":true}
default_language	Default language	en

Path prefix

Plugin path_prefix, Sites path prefix (sites_path_prefix). The path prefix that addresses a sub-site under its main site's hostname.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
prefix	Path prefix				Site only

Language detection

Plugin language_negotiation, Sites language (sites_language). Which methods detect the language, in what order, and their settings.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
detection	Detection methods				Config language.types:configurable,negotiation
url_source	URL language source
url_prefixes	URL path prefixes				Config language.negotiation:url.prefixes
url_domains	URL language domains		yes
session_parameter	Session parameter				Config language.negotiation:session.parameter
selected_langcode	Selected language				Config language.negotiation:selected_langcode

Cloning rules

Plugin cloning, Sites clone (sites_clone). What a clone of this site is given: a method per kind of content, and the links of its menus.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
clone_menu_links	Copy menu links	true
cloning:{entity_type}:{bundle}	Clone method for content of a type	ignore_content

Password protection

Plugin sites_shield, Sites Shield (sites_shield). A user name and password visitors enter before the site shows any page.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
sites_shield	User name and password	{"user":"","pass":""}	yes		Sensitive

robots.txt

Plugin sites_robotstxt, Sites RobotsTxt (sites_robotstxt). Gives a site its own robots.txt.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
robotstxt	robots.txt content		yes		Config robotstxt.settings:content

Analytics

Plugin sites_analytics, Sites analytics (sites_analytics). The site's own Matomo and Google Tag ids, or tracking switched off.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
disable_tracking	Disable tracking	false	yes
matomo_site_id	Matomo site ID		yes
matomo_url	Matomo URL		yes		Always available
google_tag_container	Google Tag container	sites_analytics	yes		Always available
ga4_measurement_id	Google Analytics 4 measurement ID		yes
gtm_container_id	Google Tag Manager container ID		yes

Sitemap

Plugin simple_sitemap, Sites Simple XML Sitemap (sites_simple_sitemap). Which content the site's sitemap lists, with priority and change frequency.

Key	Label	Default	Env	Transl.	Notes
simple_sitemap:bundle_settings:{variant}:{entity_type}:{bundle}	Sitemap settings of a content type	{"index":false,"priority":0.5,"changefreq":"","include_images":false}			Config simple_sitemap.bundle_settings.sites__site_id.node.article