WordPress Multisite Q&A
Download as ODP, PDF0 likes609 views
The document outlines the benefits and limitations of using WordPress Multisite, which allows multiple sites to operate under a single WordPress installation. It provides installation instructions and details about super admins, themes, plugins, and user management within a multisite setup. Additionally, it mentions useful plugins and resources for developing and managing multisite networks.
WordPress Multisite Q&A
- 3. Why not Multisite? ● You just want to have many pages with different looks—you can probably do this with a combination of a theme, plugins, and possibly custom post types ● You want an interconnected set of pages— interconnectivity isn't a hallmark of MS (though it can be achieved without too much difficulty) ● You want different users to see/edit different content—WP's user levels may be all you need
- 5. Multisite Installation ● Prepare your WordPress installation ● Back up files & database ● Ensure that Pretty Permalinks work ● Turn off any plugins ● Add the following to wp-config.php: /* Multisite */ define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );
- 8. Super Admins ● Multisite adds a new layer of administrative user to WordPress's collection ● Super Admins are able to administer global settings for the entire network ● Theme & plugin installation ● User administration ● WordPress updates (core, plugins, themes)
- 9. Themes & plugins in Multisite ● Themes must be enabled for a site (or globally) before the sites' administrators can select them ● Plugins may be activated by individual sites' administrators, but they may also be network activated (ie, enabled globally) ● You may choose to allow site admins to add plugins to their sites ● Both must be updated in the Network Admin view by a Super Admin
- 10. Multisite users ● Once a user is added to one site in a Multisite network, she may be added to other sites in the same network ● Users' profiles, passwords, etc are the same on all the sites they edit ● Users may have different privileges on different sites (eg, Editor on Site A, Administrator on B, Author on C & D, no privs on EZ)
- 11. Some handy plugins ● Network Plugin Auditor Shows what sites your plugins are activated on ● MU Domain Mapping Allows you to have multiple domain names (eg, example.com, smurfy.com, warthogs.ca) running on a subdomain site ● Networks for WordPress Allows multiple networks from a single WP installation
- 12. Developing for Multisite ● Always restore_current_blog() after switch_to_blog() ● There are tons of handy functions: check the Codex and/or wpseek.com (or your favourite WP–related site) to find the one you need ● is_multisite() ● wp_get_sites() ● is_main_site() ● get_current_site()
- 13. References ● The Codex—http://codex.wordpress.org ● Before You Create a Network ● Creating a Network ● Function Reference—especially the Multisite Functions section ● wpseek.com ● wordpress.stackexchange.com—Got questions? They got answers.
- 14. Thanks!