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Multisite Tutorial

Multisite is a WordPress feature which allows users to create a network of sites on a single WordPress installation.

You can run a network of multiple WordPress blogs and websites from a single WordPress installation.

Features to Cover in Demo

  1. How to Create network sites – You can create and manage a network of subdomains like http://john.example.com or directories like http://www.example.com/john/. Check the network sites in this demo set up here.
  2. How Super Admin can manage plugins, users
    1. Can manage all sites from the same dashboard, through a single Super Admin user
    2. Can configure aspects such as registration, user onboarding, upload and so on for the entire multisite network from the settings panel.
    3. Certain plugins such as Yoast(SEO), MultilingualPress(multilingual), Jetpack offer global settings panel that is again controlled by the Super Admin
    4. The site administrator cannot install or change plugins and themes, only the Super Admin can do this. This lets you more control and avoids conflicts, keeping control centralized.
  3. How to enable registration for users – Open up your WordPress Multisite Network for other users to create an account and get their own WordPress blogs. Check the users in this demo set up here
  4. How each site can have the same theme or different look and feel (theme)

For a detailed insight into WordPress Multisite Network and whether its the right choice, you can refer to https://multilingualpress.org/docs/wordpress-multisite-pros-cons/.