What is WordPress Multisite?
As we explained above, WordPress Multisite is a feature that allows you to add multiple websites to a WordPress installation. You can add this feature to your newly created or existing WordPress website. To activate WordPress Multisite, you just need to add a few lines of code to a couple of files in your WordPress installation. Then you can add websites to your network. The existing website stays there (with its URL unchanged), while the new websites are added on top.Advantages and disadvantages of WordPress Multisite
Before you start using WordPress Multisite, weigh its advantages and disadvantages carefully.Advantages
- Manage all the websites from a single dashboard, through a Super Admin user.
- Install plugins and themes just once. You can then activate them across the entire network of websites.
- You need to execute the upgrade only once.
- Store all the websites in a single backup, you don’t need to backup each website
- As every WordPress installation takes a significant amount of resources on the server, you need not spend many resources (including money) and the optimization process can be effortless.
- You can configure and maintain multilanguage versions of the same website through a multisite structure and multi languages plugins.
Disadvantages
- Not all plugins work on a multisite. You need to check if the selected plugins are multisite compatible before you install them.
- The plugins and themes cannot be added or deleted by individual websites. They can be activated or deactivated for the entire network.
- If your server or website is experiencing downtime, it will affect all the websites present on the network.
- Any sudden increase in traffic on any website present on the network can affect the speed of all the other websites on the network. This may be overwhelming for a beginner to handle.
- All the hosting plans do not support multisite. Hosting needs increase for a multisite. If you’re planning to create a few websites that are more like test websites, Shared Hosting can be enough. However, if you want to add a large number of websites, especially websites with high traffic, you’ll find that you need to upgrade your web hosting needs.
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