Turn WordPress into multisite network

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June 10, 2016, 6:18 pm

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Turn WordPress into multisite network

Are you having multiple WordPress websites? Did you know that you can have all your websites managed on one WordPress installation and manage them all from one administration panel? Yes, you can. By following easy instructions written here it's possible. WordPress offers really amazing opportunities to do almost everything you can imagine when it comes to blogging.

No need to have multiple WordPress installation for each blog you have. You can have numerous blogs with separate and different settings, themes and plugins, and yet manage it all from one admin panel!

To turn WordPress into multisite network, first thing to do is to access your site using an FTP client or cPanel file manager and open wp-config.php file for editing.

Aadd this line to your wp-config.php file just before the /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ line:

/* Multisite */
define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );

Save your updates and your WordPress will support using multisite network.

Right after that, you will notice that your admin panel looking bit different with some more features automatically added to that. You will see possibilities to create many websites from one admin panel, to set different theme for each and to add different plugins and widgets to each blog, or to decide if you wish to use some of these for all blogs on your network.

You will be able also to decide which URL structure you want for your blogs, you can use subdirectories or subdomains like:

http://myblog.com/blog1 or
http://blog1.myblog.com

Other settings can depend on your webhosting features and cappabilities, so if you need more details regarding setting up multisite network you can ask here or have look at WordPress musltisite network official page.

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TommyCarey

I've wanted to run a network for a while and I was looking into wordpress to do it since it's extremely user friendly and I know the dashboard pretty well. I want to do it, I just don't know the steps to take in order to acheive this lol

This post goes over a lot of great information that will definitely help me out on my journey to setting up a multi site network through wordpress. I do know of a plugin sold by a company that is suppose to automate a lot of the work. It claims to just streamline everything and all I'd have to do is basically be the moderator/administrator for the network. I really like that idea since setting up every website would be a pain lol

When you set up a multisite network can you have each site on a different IP address? I'm asking because I know that in terms of SEO it's best to have your own IP address or at least be on an IP that doesn't have 1,000 other websites on it. How would one configure something like this? Would you just have to talk to the hosting company you're using and see if it can be set up or could I do this myself?

And for hosting, would I need a new hosting setup for each site in the multi site network? Or can I just get a bigger server and put the entire network on it? Getting one server would be much easier than dozens of small ones since I would only have to worry about one and not them all.

A multi site network is also good for your own advertisements ;) Set up a network and have a free option for members. The free option just so happens to have your links in the footer for all to see

have a cheap option for anyone that wants to remove the links in the footer and run the site as their own ;) Money coming in everywhere lol

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Razzy

9 years ago

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Beverly

I really love having the option to tur Wordpress into a multi-site network as it opens up so many possibilities and offers more control over content. For instance, you could place all your 'user generated' articles or reviews on a subdomain blog while having your Wordpress shop on top level domain. The sites are connected, so they can be managed together easily. Some other important considerations Before You Create A Network.

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overcast

I think there are some of the wordpress multi site plugins. And those plugins do work on many things. I guess wordpress have their own wordpress multisite. It may not be good if you don't want to make use of the subdomains. you can use this on the folder level too. It may take some time for this to establish but it ca n be easily doable. I have done this in past.

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vinaya

When I was installing wordpress for my second site, I accidentally chose multisite option without realizing what it was. When the installation was done and I had uploaded contents then only I realized what kind of site I had developed. I have a handful of single sites and a multisite. How do I add my single sites into multisites.

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