One of the most interesting features of wordpress but we
rarely take advantage, it is the feature to create multiple web sites on the
same wordpress source code. The feature is called wordpress multisite.
In the past, it had a different name, wordpress multi user. But
now we should call wordpress multisite for accuracy.
Wordpress multisite is a features available in the wordpress
version of the source of 3.0, It can help us create a network of many websites
on the same WP source code. And we can create as many websites as you like but
not need to put new code for each website. It was wonderful, was not it ?
Application of wordpress multisite
Most of us have the need to create a network with many
linked websites on the same server these days you should use the wordpress
multisite feature is the best.
For example, the tutsplus page has many subpages Design.tutsplus.com,
code.tutsplus.com, music.tutsplus.com and we can use wordpress multisite to
create a network of many linked sites so, you can even link people to different
sites. you can even link all users together so that they can sign in to any
site on the network.
Benefits and when should not use wordpress multisite
We first need to know the benefits of using WP multisite:
- Easily manage updates of source code and plugins / themes, Because all subnets in the network use the same source code as a theme and plugins.
- Can create sub-sites as you like and easily delegate and manage it.
- Save resources, because the same source code for many website resources will save more than each website a different source code.
The case should not use WP multisite.
- when You need each website is a separate IP because the sub-website whether using a domain name is not only pointing to the IP of the parent website, so it is not possible to use the IP separately for the child website.
- You need a separate database because all the subnets in the same network share the same database, just that it has its own data tables.
Overall, if you need to build a website system that you
believe will not make a big difference in the appearance of your website then
you should use this feature.
