I purchased Synology NAS and installed the WordPress package to run a blog. I wanted to run two WordPress, but I couldn’t do it with a package, so I downloaded the installation file from the WordPress site and installed the latest version of WordPress.
Then, I found out that the first WordPress installed with the Synology package was not the latest version. I installed the latest WordPress and moved my posts to use the latest version.
When I ran two WordPress, I realized that I had to install and update various plugins on each site, and this was the first time I realized that WordPress has a multi-site feature.
WordPress Multisite has a common management part called ‘Network’, and the first site created is called ‘Main’. For example, plug-in installation is done in ‘network’. Site can be added easily from the ‘Sites’ menu of ‘Network’ and the host name can be changed. The ‘main’ host name must be changed in the DB tables.
WordPress Multisite uses one root (web) folder (separating sites and data with DB tables) and operates in a sub-domain method rather than a sub-directory method, allowing you to create sites with as many independent host names as you want And it’s nice to be able to use the plugin on any site that has multisited.
Plug-ins that do not support multi-site are installed from’network’, but settings must be made in the plug-in menu of each site. Examples are Google SiteKit and a Redirections plugin.
Currently, WordPress is operated as a multi-site due to its ease of management. For those who want to install WordPress for the first time, I recommend starting with Multisite.
To start with multisite, go to /wp-config.php after installing WordPress for the first time. You can insert the following content above (right) /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging./
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);