Hey there, and welcome to LearnWordPress. In this tutorial,
you're going to learn how tomanage your WordPress multi site
network. You will learn aboutthe network admin dashboard, and
the options available in thenetwork settings page, as well
as different ways to create andmanage sub sites on the network.
Once you have enabled yourmultisite network, your original
admin user will change to be thenetwork Super Admin, and you
will have access to the networkadmin dashboard. Here you can
manage sites, users, themes,plugins, and settings for the
network. The network settingspage is where you manage your
multisite network. Theoperational settings allow you
to set the network title andadmin email. The registration
settings allow you to set theregistration options for the
network. For example, if youwant to allow users to register
new sites on the network, youcan enable the both sites and
user accounts can be registeredoption. You can also do things
like set bad names for newsites, limit registrations by
certain email domains and banregistrations by certain emailed
domains. New Site Settingscontrols what emails are sent
and what content is created whencreating a new site on the
network. Upload settingscontrols file uploads, including
file size limits and allowedfile types. Language settings
allows you to control thedefault language for new sites
on the network. Finally, theMenu Settings allows you to
control which menus areavailable to site admins.
One of the first things youmight want to do is create a sub
site. To do this, go to thesites page and click on the Add
New button. You'll be asked toenter the site address, either a
subdomain or a subdirectory, thesite title, site language, and
the site admin email address.
If you use an email address ofan already existing user, that
user will be added as a siteadmin. Otherwise a new user will
be created and made admin of thesite. Once the site is created,
you can click on the edit optionin the site's list to edit the
site settings. The Info tabmanages the site address, shows
when the site was registered andlast updated and manages the
site attributes. The users taballows you to add existing users
to the site or add new usersspecifically to the site. The
themes tab allows you toactivate a theme for the site.
The themes available here arethe themes that are not
activated for the entirenetwork. This means you can have
specific themes only availablefor specific sites on the
network. Finally, the Settingstab contains all the rest of the
site settings that you canmanage. It is also possible to
set a top level or Apex domainfor a site on the network. This
is useful if you are the siteadmin wants to use a different
domain for a site on thenetwork. In order for this to be
possible, you need to haveregistered a domain with your
domain registrar and have itpointed to the same IP address
as the multisite install. Thenin the network admin, edit the
site in question and change thesite address field to the new
top level domain.
Once saved when you browse tothat domain, you will be
redirected to the associated subsite on the network. Depending
on how you plan to use yourmultisite network, you might
want users to be able toregister their own sub sites. To
do this, go to the networksettings page and enable the
both sites and user accounts canbe registered option. Now if a
user browses to the defaultWordPress registration URL, they
will see an option that allowsthem to also register a site on
the network.
After they enter their usernameand email address, they will be
asked if they want to create asite or just create a user
account on the multisite. Ifthey choose to create a site
they will need to set the sitename and site title.
Why Once they click Sign Up, thesite will be created and the
user will be sent an email toactivate it, after which they
will be able to log into the subsite.
For more details on managingyour multisite network, check
out the network admin andnetwork admin settings pages in
the WordPress developerdocumentation.
Happy coding