Top Plugins for WordPress multisite

Top Multisite Plugins WordCamp Savannah August 21st 2010

What is multisite?
Multiple sites in one WordPress install
Also called a Network
Setup here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Sitewide tags
Pulls posts to a tags blog or main page
Can use that one site for “global” content
Live example:
http://homeschooljournal.net

Permalinks go back to originating blog.

Sitewide tags options screen

Broadcast / Multipost
Push posts from main blog to other sites
Works opposite to SWT
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multipost-mu/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/threewp-broadcast/

Super Admin can fine-tune access

Gives a meta box on Write Post page. Shows all sites I have admin access to.

Domain Mapping
Each site in the network can have their own top-level domain
You need to create the site first, then map it.
Plugin here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/
Tutorial:
http://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/

Super Admin needs to set things up first.

User can map their domain & pick a primary. (Can do more than one.)

Super Admin can also map domains without visiting that site.

New Blog Defaults
Controls settings for new sites as they are created
Does not do plugin, theme or widget settings
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/

Pulls in all the settings for a site that are under the Settings menu, plus these bonus extras. It's a really long page of menus.

WordPress.com Custom CSS
Each site can customize the css without touching theme files
Works like the one at wordpress.com
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/

Great for making minor chages to the same theme on different sites.

More Privacy Options
Adds more privacy settings to each site
Includes “must be logged in”
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/more-privacy-options/

Adds a network-wide option for Supper Admins under Super Admin -> Options menu. User gets way more privacy. Admins & Super Admins can have super-private blogs.

Theme & Plugin stats
Super Admin only
Helpful to clean out unused themes & plugins
Stats are cool
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-plugin-stats/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-theme-usage-info/

What themes are being used where?

Which plugins are actually being used?

User management
Users are global across the network
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-users-sidebar-widget/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-user-management/

Logged-in users can add themselves to my site if I place the widget in the sidebar to let them. The Super Admin can also choose to add uses to specifc sites on signup.

Blog Topics
Categorize the sites by topic
Useful to group sites by your criteria
Includes pages templates for output (directory?)
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blog-topics/

Granular Plugin controls
Pick & choose
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-plugins/
Hide plugins network-wide (for super admin only)
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/restrict-multisite-plugins/

Does not show plugins in the mu-plugins folder. Woot!

Where to find more plugins
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/network
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/wpmu
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/multisite

Where to find me
twitter.com/andrea_r
http://ronandandrea.com
http://wpmututorials.com WordPress “Must Use” Tutorials ;)
http://musupport.net (paid support forum)

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Top Plugins for WordPress multisite

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