Multisite & Multinetwork

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Mul/site&Mul/network

Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

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1.  Mul/siteIntroduc/on,Benefits,UseCases,Setup

2.  Mul/networkIntroduc/on,Benefits,UseCases,Setup

3.  DeveloperBestPrac/cesHistory,Issues,Plugins

4.  Gist

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Mul/site:Introduc/on

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  AregularWordPresssite

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Mul/site:Introduc/on

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  Mul/site:anetworkofsites•  hostedinoneWordPressinstalla/on

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Mul/site:Benefits

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  easyupdatemanagementwithoutathird-partytool•  sitescaninteractwitheachotherdirectly(withoutaremoterequest)

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Mul/site:Benefits

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  commonusermanagementacrosstheen/remul/site•  sitescanhavetheirindividualadminswhileanetworkadminhascontroloverthe

en/renetwork

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Mul/site:Benefits

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  pluginscanbenetwork-ac/vated(sothattheyrunonallsites)•  beUerusercapabili/es:networkadministratorsmanagepluginsandthemeswhile

regularadminss/llhaveaccesstoeverythingelse

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Mul/site:UseCases

•  outsourcingpartsofawebsite(forexampleblog.example.com)

•  managingclientsthathavemul/plewebsites•  hos/ngclientsitesinoneWordPressinstalla/on

•  runningasocialnetworkwhereuserscancreatetheirownsites

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Mul/site:UseCases

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Mul/site:Setuphttps://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

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Mul/network:Introduc/on

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  Mul/site:anetworkofsites

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Mul/network:Introduc/on

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  Mul/network:mul/plenetworksofsites•  hostedinoneWordPressinstalla/on

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Mul/network:Benefits

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

Whynotjusthaveamul/site?

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Mul/network:Benefits

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

BECAUSEWAPUUSAYSO.

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Mul/network:Benefits

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  sitescanbeseparatedintogroupsofsites•  eachnetworkcanhaveindividualnetworkadmins,network-ac/vatedpluginsetc.

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Mul/network:UseCases

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  separa/ngsitesbasedontheirfunc/onalityorownership

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Mul/network:UseCases

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  hos/nghugeinfrastructureswithcomplexhierarchies

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Mul/network:Setuphttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-multi-network/

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:History

•  WordPresswasnotinventedwithMul/siteand(especially)Mul/networkinmind

•  Mul/sitestartedas„WordPressMU“andwasmergedintoWordPressCoreinversion3.0– https://mu.wordpress.org/

•  thereforesomethingsarenotsolvedinanop/malway

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:HistoryOldnamingconven3ons Currentnamingconven3ons

Blog Site

Site Network

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  becauseofbackwardscompa/bility,thesenamingconven/onsareusedinterchangeablyinWordPressCore•  everythingnewusesthecurrentconven/ons•  oldcodeusestheoldconven/ons

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Issues

•  whenworkingwithMul/site/Mul/network,youmightencounterminorissuesorfeaturesyou‘remissing(buteverythingcanbefixed)

•  methodstofixthese:– writeamust-usepluginorcreateyourownsunrise.php(short-termsolu/on)

– contributetoWordPressCoreandactuallyfixitatitsbase(long-termsolu/on)

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Issues

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  asitelikewww.example.comisnotproperlyredirectedtowhenenteringexample.com

•  theURLschemeisalsonotconsideredforpossibleredirec/ons(HTTPvsHTTPS)

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Issues

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  Whatisthenextstepinthehierarchy,beyondnetworks?Thereisnone.•  Anynetworkadmincancreatenewnetworkswhichisusuallyundesirable.

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Issues

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

•  Idea:anetworkmanager(orglobaladmin)

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Issueshttps://github.com/felixarntz/multisite-fixes

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Plugins

Don‘tkeepMul3siteandMul3networkout!

Suppor/ngtheminyourpluginisveryeasy.

(usuallyit‘sonlyaboutac/va/on/deac/va/on/uninstalla/onrou/nes)

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Plugins

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

BadExample:Mul/siteisnothandledatall.

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Plugins

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

BadExample:Mul/siteishandled,butMul/networkisignored.

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DeveloperBestPrac/ces:Plugins

Mul/site&Mul/network-Howitcanhelpyouandhowyoucanhelpit

GoodExample:Mul/siteandMul/networkarehandled.

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Gist

•  ifthissessiongotyouinterested,I‘dloveforyoutostartplayingaroundwithMul/site(andMul/network)

•  ifyou‘reaplugindeveloper,pleasemakesureyourcoderunsproperlyonMul/site/Mul/network

•  ifyoufindissueswithMul/site,considercontribu/ngtotheMul/sitecomponentinWordPressCore–itisapreUysmallteam,soyourhelpwillbemuchappreciated

•  ifyoufindissueswithMul/network,considerhelpingoutwiththeWPMul/Networkplugin

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Thankyou!

FelixArntz

PluginDeveloper/CoreContributor/Freelancer

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