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WordPress Multisite Administration

By : Tyler Longren
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WordPress Multisite Administration

By: Tyler Longren

Overview of this book

WordPress is an incredibly popular blogging platform. Few people realize that the software behind WordPress.com, which is a standalone WordPress with multisite enabled, is available for free, for anyone to make use of. WordPress Multisite is a special “mode” built into WordPress, which allows you to create a network of multiple websites, all running on a single installation of WordPress. WordPress Multisite Administration is an easy-to-understand book filled with information, tips, and best practices to help you create and manage a blog network similar to http://wordpress.com/, by using WordPress Multisite. WordPress Multisite Administration will take you through all the steps necessary to get WordPress Multisite installed and configured on your server. It covers everything from installation and initial configuration to customizations and some helpful troubleshooting tips. You will also learn how to build your own blog directory that features the authors in your WordPress Multisite network. The blog directory is built by making use of WordPress child themes, an incredibly useful thing to know how to do. You'll learn everything you need to know about running and maintaining a WordPress Multisite installation.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
WordPress Multisite Administration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Plugin management


To install a plugin for network use, upload the plugin folder to wp-content/plugins/ as you normally would. Unlike themes, plugins cannot be activated on a per-site basis. As network administrator, you can add a plugin to the Plugins page for all sites, but you can't make a plugin available to one specific site. It's all or nothing.

You'll also want to make sure that you've enabled the Plugins page for the sites that need it. You can enable the Plugins page by visiting the Network Admin dashboard and then navigating to the Network Settings page. At the bottom of that page you should see a Menu Settings section where you can check a box next to Plugins to enable the plugins page. Make sure to click on the Save Changes button at the bottom or nothing will change. You can see the Menu Settings section in the following screenshot. That's where you'll want to enable the Plugins page.

Enabling the Plugins page

After you've ensured that the Plugins page is enabled, specific site...