{"id":4182,"date":"2022-02-03T10:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/?p=4182"},"modified":"2022-02-18T09:40:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T09:40:47","slug":"creating-a-wordpress-multisite-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wordpress\/multisite\/creating-a-wordpress-multisite-network","title":{"rendered":"Creating a WordPress multisite network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"possible-issues-with-multisite\">Possible issues with multisite<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"plugin-compatability\">Plugin compatability<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Some plugins may not work on multisite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"licences-for-plugins-and-themes\">Licences for plugins and themes<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>You may well require separate licences for each as these are often tied to a sites URL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"converting-site-to-multisite\">Converting site to multisite<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"disable-all-installed-plugins\">Disable all installed plugins<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>In case any aren&#8217;t multisite compatible and cause issues with the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"edit-the-file-wp-config-php\">Edit the file wp-config.php<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>See if WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE is already there and set to true, if not add it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"network-setup\">Network Setup<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress dashboard &gt; Tools &gt; Network setup (you may need to refresh for it to appear)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select sub-domains or sub-directories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set the title for your network of sites, e.g. &#8220;#### wp network&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the instructions on the next page then shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"settings\">Settings<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>My Sites > Network Admin > Dashboard > Settings > Network Settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upload settings &#8211; ensure these won&#8217;t restrict you, e.g. when uploading site exports for instance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possible issues with multisite Plugin compatability Some plugins may not work on multisite Licences for plugins and themes You may well require separate licences for each as these are often tied to a sites URL Converting site to multisite Disable all installed plugins In case any aren&#8217;t multisite compatible and cause issues with the process. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[332],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multisite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4182"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4226,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions\/4226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/wordpress-sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}