{"id":19284,"date":"2018-02-21T14:01:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?p=19284"},"modified":"2023-07-13T13:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:40:46","slug":"wordpress-multisite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/blog\/wordpress-multisite\/","title":{"rendered":"What is WordPress Multisite and When You’ll Need it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nowadays, being online is not opportunity it is a necessity. More and more it is becoming a matter of death and life. Metaphorically speaking, of course. And while there are simple steps that you can follow to install WordPress<\/a> for the first time and to get traffic to your website<\/a>, there is a lot more to being a webmaster than, creating content and sharing it.<\/p>\n

Honestly, being a webmaster is not a kid\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

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If you are about to nurture your projects for them to grow up and payback for all the efforts you\u2019ve invested, you should look them in just that way. Like projects. And to yourself as a project manager. Meaning, you are responsible for their success or failure. Your projects aren\u2019t and shouldn\u2019t be treated as just side gig, or a hobby (except in the cases in which they are just that).<\/p>\n

But what happens when the projects are way too many, or it\u2019s one project that requires having more than one WordPress installation per se?<\/p>\n

Whether you need to manage more than one WordPress Installations on the same domain (in different folders) or on different subdomains, WordPress Multisite is probably the easiest way to get those websites centralized and to govern them.<\/p>\n

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What is WordPress Multisite<\/h2>\n

Since WordPress 3.0 the CMS allows all of its users to create a centralized website network with ease. The WordPress Multisite is a feature of the CMS that makes it possible to control a network from 2 to even million websites under single WordPress Installation and in one Dashboard.<\/p>\n

It will also provide you with the opportunity to let the users of your website create their own websites. Paid or for free.<\/p>\n

It is easy to understand that this feature creates an enormous number of opportunities. One of the largest WordPress networks on the Internet is WordPress.com.<\/p>\n

By using WordPress Multisite, you can manage a website in two directions of the website structure. Inward \u2013 in a different path(folder) \u2013 and outward \u2013 on a subdomain – \u00a0https:\/\/site2.example.com.<\/p>\n

It is, of course, possible to go sideways and to control a website on a different domain. Yet, this will require domain mapping and it is best to do it by using a plugin. It is possible to do it in the Network itself but to achieve this result is considered Advanced administration. Thus, it is highly recommended to do it via a plugin.<\/p>\n

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When you won\u2019t need WordPress Multisite<\/h2>\n

When I first heard of this feature I was hyped, and ideas started to go through my mind.<\/p>\n

\u2018I can use the WordPress Multisite Feature for this and for that.\u2019 \u2013 I thought. But still, I didn\u2019t execute on any of these ideas.<\/p>\n

Why? I simply don\u2019t need to. If you don\u2019t really understand how exactly the WordPress Multisite work, there is a big possibility for you to use it in an inappropriate way. The fact that you govern more than one WordPress Websites is not per se reason to use the Multisite feature. There are third-party tools like ManageWP and InfiniteWP. You can use them to achieve more or less similar results.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in the beginning, having even one website is per se complex task. Thus, if you are not sure if you need to use the Multisite feature, don\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

Yet, here is a list of the cases in which you won\u2019t<\/em><\/strong> need to use the Multisite feature.<\/p>\n