{"id":30061,"date":"2020-06-15T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=30061"},"modified":"2020-06-15T07:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T07:46:00","slug":"what-is-wordpress-multisite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/what-is-wordpress-multisite\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is WordPress Multisite and How to Set up a Multisite Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30061\" class=\"elementor elementor-30061\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f5b60b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f5b60b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a1c77f\" data-id=\"7a1c77f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c59f40 blog-toc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c59f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2505e blog-toc elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7a2505e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#what-is-multisite\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is WordPress Multisite?\u200b<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#how-does-multisite-work\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How Does WordPress Multisite Work?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#data-storage-multisite\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How is Data Stored With WordPress Multisite?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#when-use-multisite\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">When Should You Use WordPress Multisite?\u200b<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#multisite-client-sites\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Can You Use WordPress Multisite to Host Client Sites?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#create-multisite-network\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How to Create a WordPress Multisite Network<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#enable-wordpress-multisite\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-alt-circle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8c137 0 248 111 248 248S393 504 256 504 8 393 8 256 119 8 256 8zM140 300h116v70.9c0 10.7 13 16.1 20.5 8.5l114.3-114.9c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.2 0-16.9l-114.3-115c-7.6-7.6-20.5-2.2-20.5 8.5V212H140c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v64c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">1. Enable WordPress Multisite in wp-config.php File\u200b<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#network-setup-tool\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-alt-circle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8c137 0 248 111 248 248S393 504 256 504 8 393 8 256 119 8 256 8zM140 300h116v70.9c0 10.7 13 16.1 20.5 8.5l114.3-114.9c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.2 0-16.9l-114.3-115c-7.6-7.6-20.5-2.2-20.5 8.5V212H140c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v64c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">2. Run Network Setup Tool in WordPress Dashboard<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#code-snippets\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-alt-circle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8c137 0 248 111 248 248S393 504 256 504 8 393 8 256 119 8 256 8zM140 300h116v70.9c0 10.7 13 16.1 20.5 8.5l114.3-114.9c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.2 0-16.9l-114.3-115c-7.6-7.6-20.5-2.2-20.5 8.5V212H140c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v64c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">3. Add Code Snippets to wp-config.php and .htaccess\u200b<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#manage-multisite-network\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-alt-circle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8c137 0 248 111 248 248S393 504 256 504 8 393 8 256 119 8 256 8zM140 300h116v70.9c0 10.7 13 16.1 20.5 8.5l114.3-114.9c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.2 0-16.9l-114.3-115c-7.6-7.6-20.5-2.2-20.5 8.5V212H140c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v64c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">4. Manage Multisite Network from Network Admin Dashboard<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#elementor-pro-multisite\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Can You Use Elementor Pro with WordPress Multisite?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbb0a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"cbb0a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"what-is-multisite\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ce22c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ce22c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is WordPress Multisite?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6bf25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b6bf25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WordPress Multisite is a feature that lets you create an entire network of sites powered by a single WordPress install. The network shares a database and file system, which means you can control everything, including the themes, features, and user roles from a single dashboard.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can choose to keep your network private \u2013 like a local business creating a network site for each location. Or, you can make your network public and allow people to register and create their own sites in your network, like WordPress.com.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eae2384 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eae2384\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0daf311\" data-id=\"0daf311\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1816e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"3c1816e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"how-does-multisite-work\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fa0b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10fa0b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Does WordPress Multisite Work?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da479f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da479f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-wordpress-multisite\/\">WordPress Multisite<\/a> is a core WordPress feature, though it&#8217;s not enabled by default.<\/p><p>Once you enable it, you&#8217;ll get a new <strong>Network Admin<\/strong> dashboard where you can manage all the sites in your network. WordPress Multisite also adds a new <strong>Network Admin<\/strong> user role, which is the only type of user account that can access the aforementioned dashboard.<\/p><p>There, you can make decisions like:<\/p><ul><li>Whether or not users can register and create their own sites.<\/li><li>Which themes and plugins are available to network sites.<\/li><li>How much control individual site owners have, like whether or not they can manually deactivate some of the plugins that you&#8217;ve made available.<\/li><\/ul><p>Each site will also get its own WordPress dashboard where people can manage content, themes, and plugins. However, unlike a regular WordPress site, <em>individual<\/em> site admins cannot install their own themes or plugins &#8211; they can only choose from the options that the overall network admin has enabled.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b719d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b719d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ab799a\" data-id=\"4ab799a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64195d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"64195d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"data-storage-multisite\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-102a6c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"102a6c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is Data Stored With WordPress Multisite?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253e85f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"253e85f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress Multisite allows you to create unlimited network sites, but there&#8217;s a big difference in how WordPress stores the data for these sites.<\/p><p>If you were to create multiple single sites WordPress installs, each site would get its own database and files.<\/p><p>However, with WordPress Multisite, all the sites share the same database and files.<\/p><p>Misha Rudrastyh has a great breakdown of <a href=\"https:\/\/rudrastyh.com\/wordpress-multisite\/database-tutorial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how a Multisite database works<\/a> if you want a deeper technical look, but basically:<\/p><ul><li>WordPress will create some new database tables for each network site.<\/li><li>WordPress shares some tables between all the network sites.- most notably <strong>wp_users<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><p>Additionally, to organize the files for each network site, WordPress adds a folder for each network site in the <strong>uploads<\/strong> folder. For example:<\/p><ul><li>Single site &#8211; uploads stored in wp-content\/uploads\/year\/month<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Multisite &#8211; uploads stored in wp-content\/uploads\/NETWORK_SITE\/year\/month<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb2c62b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb2c62b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c91a9c\" data-id=\"3c91a9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a558f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"24a558f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"when-use-multisite\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c678db2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c678db2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When Should You Use WordPress Multisite?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69b6d05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69b6d05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress Multisite is a good option if you&#8217;re:<\/p><ol><li>Building a network of sites with similar functionality.<\/li><li>Looking to create a place where individual users can create their own sites, like WordPress.com. Some membership plugins can even integrate with Multisite so that you can charge people to create a site on your network.<\/li><\/ol><p>To the first use case, a few examples would be a:<\/p><ul><li>Physical business with a separate site for each different location.<\/li><li>University with a separate site for each department or faculty member.<\/li><li>Real estate\/insurance agency with a separate site for each agent.<\/li><li>Etc.<\/li><\/ul><p>For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Georgia State University website<\/a> is a WordPress Multisite install with over 150 network sites for various departments, functions, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2772575 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2772575\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad40ed4\" data-id=\"ad40ed4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83bd838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"83bd838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"multisite-client-sites\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a6dec0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a6dec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can You Use WordPress Multisite to Host Client Sites?\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53303c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53303c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With WordPress Multisite domain mapping, you have the option to use a completely custom domain name for each site on your network, which might have you wondering whether or not you can use WordPress Multisite as an easier way to manage multiple client sites.<\/p><p>Well&#8230;it definitely is possible, and I do know that there are some WordPress developers who opt to go this route for basic client sites without any special functionality.<\/p><p>However, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s the best approach for a few reasons:<\/p><ul><li>Shared database &#8211; all your clients&#8217; sites would share a single database, which isn&#8217;t great from a privacy perspective.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Single point of failure &#8211; because you&#8217;d essentially be running all your client sites from a single WordPress install, anything that happens to that WordPress install will pull down all your clients&#8217; sites.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Shared hosting resources &#8211; all your network sites share the same hosting resources, which can be a problem if one network site uses a lot more resources than the others.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Hard to migrate &#8211; if you ever need to migrate your client&#8217;s site somewhere else, it&#8217;s going to be a pain. While it is possible to &#8220;extract&#8221; a single site from a Multisite network, it&#8217;s a lot <a href=\"https:\/\/deliciousbrains.com\/wp-migrate-db-pro\/doc\/extracting-a-subsite-from-multisite-to-create-a-new-single-site-install\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more involved<\/a> than your normal migration process, or you&#8217;ll need to purchase something <a href=\"https:\/\/deliciousbrains.com\/wp-migrate-db-pro\/doc\/multisite-tools-addon\/#export-subsite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">like WP Migrate DB<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce1eb36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce1eb36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/site-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn How to Migrate Your WordPress Site With Elementor<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e54caa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e54caa4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf36c41\" data-id=\"bf36c41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e1957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"19e1957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"create-multisite-network\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3514ed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3514ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Create a WordPress Multisite Network\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61361a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61361a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below, I&#8217;ll show you the manual process for how to create a WordPress Multisite network.<\/p><p>However, a lot of hosts have now built WordPress Multisite into their auto-installer tools. So before you go jumping into this WordPress Multisite tutorial, you might want to check if your host&#8217;s auto-installer gives you a one-click Multisite option:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb93907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb93907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/oneclick-multisite-option-r4q785jxt86acgpglfesz78x5zxybcoyoey8qqn0tq.png\" title=\"oneclick-multisite-option\" alt=\"oneclick-multisite-option\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c89bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0c89bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If not, or if you want to enable Multisite functionality on an existing site, here&#8217;s how to set everything up\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cdbf84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cdbf84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-877d803\" data-id=\"877d803\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-804ea63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"804ea63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"enable-wordpress-multisite\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e1e48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9e1e48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Enable WordPress Multisite in wp-config.php File<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24f1701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24f1701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Typically, it&#8217;s simpler to create a fresh WordPress install for your Multisite network, but you can also enable it on an existing WordPress site (<em>just make sure to deactivate all your plugins first<\/em>).<\/p><p>To get started, you&#8217;ll need to connect to your site via FTP or cPanel File Manager and edit your <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> file. Then, add the following code snippet above the <strong>\/* That&#8217;s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. *\/<\/strong> line:<\/p><p>\/* Multisite *\/<\/p><p>define( &#8216;WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE&#8217;, true );<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ce037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9ce037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/allow-multisite-r4q74e76h30zwm62jswj05ejmih3ixrm5t0bmw7pug.png\" title=\"allow-multisite\" alt=\"allow-multisite\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac11a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bac11a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, save the file and upload it back to your server.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1ecce9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1ecce9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb2c54d\" data-id=\"bb2c54d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce6fa4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ce6fa4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"network-setup-tool\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99bec1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99bec1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Run Network Setup Tool in WordPress Dashboard\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e27047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e27047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you&#8217;ve added that line to the <\/span><b>wp-config.php<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> file, log in to your WordPress site&#8217;s dashboard and go to <\/span><b>Tools \u2192 Network Setup<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051c1d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"051c1d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/run-network-setup-r4q6z67gi7vnelr51jn55guctg7orh1aryj7njygkg.png\" title=\"run-network-setup\" alt=\"run-network-setup\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120e341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"120e341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here, you&#8217;ll make a very important choice about the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/url\/\"   title=\"URL\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7039\">URL<\/a> structure of your network. Specifically, whether each site in your network should get its own:<\/p><ul><li>Sub-domain \u2014 like site1.yournetwork.com. If you choose <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/setup-subdomain-wordpress\/\">subdomains<\/a>, you&#8217;ll also need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namecheap.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/article.aspx\/9191\/29\/how-to-create-a-wildcard-subdomain-in-cpanel\">add a wildcard DNS record<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Sub-directory \u2014 like yournetwork.com\/site1. There&#8217;s no further configuration with this method.<\/li><\/ul><p>There&#8217;s no right answer \u2014 just make sure to think things through as you cannot change this structure later.<\/p><p><em>Additionally, there&#8217;s also a third option &#8211; domain mapping, which lets you use a custom domain for each network site &#8211; e.g. site1.com, site2.com. If you want to go this route, just choose <\/em><strong><em>sub-directories <\/em><\/strong><em>for now, as you&#8217;ll need to set domain mapping up later. If you&#8217;re interested in domain mapping, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/herothemes.com\/blog\/wordpress-multisite-domain-mapping-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>check out this Multisite domain mapping guide<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p><p>Once you&#8217;ve made your choice and configured the basic <strong>Network Details, <\/strong>click <strong>Install.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-934b72c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"934b72c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99e4131\" data-id=\"99e4131\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b61d19f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b61d19f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"code-snippets\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c74b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0c74b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Add Code Snippets to wp-config.php and .htaccess<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ece28f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ece28f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the next page, WordPress will give you two code snippets that you&#8217;ll need to add to your site&#8217;s files:<\/p><ul><li>The first code snippet goes in <strong>wp-config.php <\/strong>above the <strong>\/* That\u2019s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. *\/ <\/strong>line.<\/li><\/ul><p>The second code snippet goes in <strong>.htaccess <\/strong><em>and replaces the existing WordPress rules<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0d62e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a0d62e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=462\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/add-code-snippets-1024x591.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30124\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/add-code-snippets-1024x591.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/add-code-snippets-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/add-code-snippets-768x443.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d2a86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84d2a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here&#8217;s what your <strong>wp-config.php <\/strong>file should look like:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0395bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0395bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/wp-config-r4q779lfcuyjdpzvs1lhmfb8ywbh1n6380rqfbyego.png\" title=\"wp-config\" alt=\"wp-config\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b99635a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b99635a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And here&#8217;s what your .htaccess file should look like \u2014 notice how you&#8217;re replacing the existing WordPress rule:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5e51d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5e51d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/htaccess-file-r4q6wpumnsip39bhdhg7n350z8b6nxaj3t7kjjlf66.png\" title=\"htaccess-file\" alt=\"htaccess-file\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea21ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ea21ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now \u2014 your Multisite network is active!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70c16b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70c16b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19a1411\" data-id=\"19a1411\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b817e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"89b817e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"manage-multisite-network\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fde904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fde904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Manage Multisite Network from Network Admin Dashboard\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a10149 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a10149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After completing the previous step, you might need to log in to your WordPress dashboard again.<\/p><p>Then, you should see the new <strong>Network Admin<\/strong> area. You can access it from the <strong>My Sites<\/strong> option in the WordPress toolbar, or you can go to <strong>yoursite.com\/wp-admin\/network<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b8f419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b8f419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/new-network-admin-r4q71wwiftmr9nrs18ayx9xr6wp87ox45j171lw2v0.png\" title=\"new-network-admin\" alt=\"new-network-admin\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7087d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b7087d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Much like how the regular WordPress dashboard lets you manage a single site install, the <strong>Network Admin<\/strong> lets you manage the settings for your entire network.<\/p><p>Let&#8217;s go through some of the important functionality here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c51dfcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c51dfcd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba99cee\" data-id=\"ba99cee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a54d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4a54d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Network Settings<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d35fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d35fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To set things up, you&#8217;ll first want to go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Network Settings<\/strong>. There, you can configure basic settings for how your network functions, like whether or not people can register and\/or create new sites, as well as the default content that is installed on new sites:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73099a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73099a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=505\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-settings-1024x647.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30130\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-settings-1024x647.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-settings-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-settings-768x486.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de78e8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de78e8d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a56cc25\" data-id=\"a56cc25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6269d43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6269d43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Themes<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30bb04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e30bb04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then, the <strong>Themes<\/strong> tab lets you choose which themes are available to individual site owners. Individual site owners will be able to choose from all the themes that you&#8217;ve <strong>Network Enabled<\/strong>, and you can install new themes just like you would on a single site install:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce6ba89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce6ba89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/network-themes-r4q78c4t52falqfwj096ynl5bp1it8f31bin3od8fe.png\" title=\"network-themes\" alt=\"network-themes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02d5435 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02d5435\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab53a86\" data-id=\"ab53a86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dccd5ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dccd5ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plugins<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bfd485 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bfd485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Plugins <\/strong>area is similar, with just a little tweak:<\/p><ul><li>When you install a plugin, you can <strong>Network Activate <\/strong>it, which automatically makes it active for each individual site in the network. Individual site owners cannot deactivate it &#8211; it&#8217;s always active.<\/li><li>Or, if you enable the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> administration menu in the <strong>Network Settings <\/strong>area, individual site admins can choose whether or not to activate any plugins that you&#8217;ve installed, but haven&#8217;t specifically Network Activated.<\/li><\/ul><p>For example, if you wanted Elementor to be active on every single network site, you could <strong>Network Activate <\/strong>it:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0635130 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0635130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-pluggins-1024x461.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30132\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-pluggins-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-pluggins-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/network-pluggins-768x345.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0afdc2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0afdc2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ada10b\" data-id=\"6ada10b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296c309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"296c309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Creating New Sites<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69a5ca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69a5ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Finally, to manually create a new network site, you can go to <strong>Sites \u2192 Add New<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ee2d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ee2d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/add-new-site-r4q75uu53t11ys1m0fnmvs4cw39nhzkl11jiie1nqg.png\" title=\"add-new-site\" alt=\"add-new-site\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c5af06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c5af06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you click <strong>Add Site<\/strong>, you can edit that site to configure\/view additional information, like the users, themes, and settings for that site. For example, you could enable a theme for just a single site, rather than network enabling a theme and making it available to all sites:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5061ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5061ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=366\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/edit-site-1024x469.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30134\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/edit-site-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/edit-site-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/edit-site-768x352.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17f0687 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17f0687\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e424f0f\" data-id=\"e424f0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498f757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"498f757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Individual Site Admin Dashboard\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc20d82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc20d82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to the <strong>Network Admin<\/strong> area, each individual site also gets its own WordPress dashboard, which looks and functions a lot like the normal WordPress dashboard for single-site installs.<\/p><p>The biggest difference is that individual site admins cannot install new themes or plugins (<em>and they might not even be able to view the <\/em><strong><em>Plugins<\/em><\/strong><em> area, depending on how you&#8217;ve configured things<\/em>).<\/p><p>For example, an individual site owner can choose to activate the Hello Elementor theme, but there&#8217;s no option for them to install their own theme:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efccb83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efccb83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/individual-site-admin-dashboard-r4q76atebzmxg5eef4kak636zn2w4uc0r8mro3dz5g.png\" title=\"individual-site-admin-dashboard\" alt=\"individual-site-admin-dashboard\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0048cca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0048cca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Similarly, because Elementor is network activated, individual site owners can access all the regular Elementor features, but they wouldn&#8217;t be able to install their own plugins or deactivate Elementor.<\/p><p>And that&#8217;s all there is to it!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed0a6b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed0a6b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b143918\" data-id=\"b143918\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a152813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a152813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"elementor-pro-multisite\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b31e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b31e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can You Use Elementor Pro with WordPress Multisite?\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4793940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4793940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, you <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/does-elementor-work-on-multisite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can use Elementor Pro alongside WordPress Multisite<\/a>. However, you will need an active license key for each individual network site, rather than just using one license key for the entire network.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2ae251 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2ae251\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cf66d0\" data-id=\"7cf66d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918d719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"918d719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e61b83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e61b83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress Multisite is not the right solution for every situation involving multiple WordPress sites, but it does make a great option if you need to create a network of similar websites, like some of the examples I laid out earlier.<\/p><p>To set up WordPress Multisite, most WordPress autoinstallers now let you activate Multisite with the check of a box. 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