{"id":24212,"date":"2022-02-02T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress-multisite-network\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T20:21:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T20:21:01","slug":"wordpress-how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress-multisite-network","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress-multisite-network\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress: How to Install and Setup WordPress Multisite Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with information regarding setup and configuration of a WordPress Multisite Network.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">WordPress comes with a built-in capability to create multiple websites using the same WordPress installation. A WordPress multisite network is used by blogs, schools, and businesses, who need to run separate websites but want to manage them under one dashboard. In this article, we will show you how to properly install and setup a WordPress multisite network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Pros of Using a WordPress Multisite Network<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">As the network administrator, you can easily manage multiple sites from a single dashboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Each site on the network can have its own admins. The site admins will have the capabilities to manage only their own website.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">You can install plugins \/ themes and activate them for multiple sites with one download.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Multisite network also makes it easier for you to manage updates. You only need to update your WordPress, plugins, or themes on one \u201cmaster\u201d install.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Cons of Using a WordPress Multisite Network<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">All sites on the network share the same resources. This means that when your network is down, all other sites go down as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">It\u2019s not easy to manage traffic and server resources for the beginner level users. In case, one of your websites gets unexpected traffic, then it will affect all other websites on the network.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">If one website gets hacked, then this means all sites on your network will get hacked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Some WordPress plugins may not work well on a multisite network.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">WordPress multisite network is not properly supported by all web hosting providers which limits your options.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Requirements for a WordPress Multisite Network<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">All websites on a WordPress multisite network share the same server resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">This means that the most important thing you will need is a good hosting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">If you are planning on having just a couple of websites with low traffic, then you can probably get away with shared hosting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">However, due to the nature of multisite network, you\u2019d need VPS hosting or a dedicated server as your sites grow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We recommend taking a look at our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/managed-vps-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dedicated hosting options.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Install and Setup WordPress Multisite<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 1-\u00a0<\/strong>Install WordPress<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please see our guide<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-to-install-on-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on how to install WordPress via cPanel<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Once installed your Dashboard will look as per below:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 653px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040217629\/original\/gtIK5raELznxpei0mP65HbJuhjQ5LkQWXw.png?1588598049\" height=\"173\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33040217629\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Step 2 &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> Create at least two sites<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">In example below we&#8217;ve created example.com and example.com\/map<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 132px; width: 648px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040217786\/original\/DdnhDRQsvd4cMOEJOquQPPkQ0ayKYMvWBQ.png?1588598228\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33040217786\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Step 3\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2013 Set Up domain Mapping<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">What we want to do here is to have example.com\/map to be opened like testaddon.com, so we\u2019ll do the following:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mouseover example.com\/map -&gt; Edit -&gt; Change Site Address (URL) from<\/span> http:\/\/example.com\/map\/ <span style=\"color: #000000;\">to<\/span> http:\/\/testaddon.com\/<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 178px; width: 587px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040217787\/original\/gv38dHKXRUC58sj1rCTLxs05oppLbs7YPA.png?1588598229\" alt=\"WordPress MultiSite Site change old\" width=\"1920\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33040217787\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 186px; width: 614px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040217788\/original\/kiy6TKG2iPsgHWWuxEsVaWJBIMv08UUh-w.png?1588598229\" alt=\"WordPress MultiSite Site change new\" width=\"1920\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33040217788\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">That\u2019s all that we have to do, now our testaddon.com will open the content of the example.com\/map subsite.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with information regarding setup and configuration of a WordPress Multisite Network. 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