Setting up a WordPress multisite

[jonathanbossenger]

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• Content type (Online Workshop, Lesson, Course, Tutorial, or Lesson Plan): Lesson
• Content title: Setting up a WordPress multisite
• Topic description: Learn about WordPress multisite, why you would consider setting up a multisite network, and the steps to follow to create one.
• Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): Developer
• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Beginner

Learning Objectives

• Describe what a WordPress multisite network is
• Describe why you might use a WordPress multisite network
• Manually configure a WordPress multisite network

Related Resources and Other Notes

• https://learn.wordpress.org/tutorial/introduction-to-wordpress-multisite-networks/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/multisite/

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Script: https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/wp-content/blob/main/developer-learning-pathway/11-introduction-to-wordpress-multisite/01-setting-up-a-wordpress-multisite-network.md

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Video for review:

https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/assets/180629/6effba74-709e-46be-a0b8-c5f8da5a23da

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Feedback.

@jonathanbossenger Great intro, pretty clear and straightforward. It's been many, many moons since I last setup a multisite, so this will be a good refresher course for me! (I was quietly hoping you were going to go the subdomains route.)

[jonathanbossenger]

Thanks @quitevisible

I was quietly hoping you were going to go the subdomains route

🙂

I would have liked to go that route, but it requires too much configuring on my local environment to set up and support wildcard local domains. Perhaps in a future iteration of this lesson I could spend a bit of time looking into that.🙂

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• [x] Spelling and grammar are correct.
• [x] Sound quality is consistent throughout the video.
• [ ] Brand Usage Guidelines and Promotional Guidelines are being followed.
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Great intro that covers all important considerations.

[jonathanbossenger]

https://wordpress.tv/2024/05/11/setting-up-a-wordpress-multisite-network/

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https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/setting-up-a-wordpress-multisite-network/

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