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This will download a XML file to your computer, whose name will include the name of your site. The importer plugin will be installed and activated and a link will appear at the top of the screen for you to run the importer. Click the Choose file button, find the XML file on your computer, then click the Upload file and import button.

If not, type in the login name and the importer will add new user accounts for you. Then check the Download and import file attachments box. Click the Submit button and the importer will import the content from the XML file for you. Install and activate the plugin on both sites — again, you can only do this if you have plugin installation access in the network. Click the Export Widgets button. This will download a. Click the Choose file button and upload the file you just downloaded, then click the Import Widgets button.

The last step is to update settings in your new site so they mirror those in the old site. Work through the settings screens in detail, tweaking settings in the new site so they mirror those in the old site. The final stage is to update the domain name — which is the same for all methods and is covered below in the section on migrating your domain name.

Start by performing the migration out of the old site. At Kinsta we recommend the free Migrate Guru plugin for large sites. The final method for migrating a site out of a WordPress Multisite network to a single site is to migrate it manually. Note: If your Multisite network was created prior to WordPress 3.

Use your preferred backup plugin , or create a backup using your hosting interface if your provider lets you — Kinsta performs regular backups and you can also create a manual backup. Each site in a network has its own unique ID. XX is the ID of your site and will be the name of the folder containing its files, as well as the prefix for its database table names.

Now identify the plugins used by the sub-site and either install them in your new WordPress site via the Plugins screen or upload them from the backup you took of your old site. You can find out which plugins are being used by going to the Plugins screen in your sub-site.

Include any plugins which are network activated. If the network was created after WordPress 3. If the network is an older one and has a blogs. Note: you may need to delete any folders WordPress has created in your new uploads folder to avoid any clashes.

You now have all the files installed. Open phpMyAdmin for your Multisite Network. Click on the Export tab. A Multisite network has many more tables than a single site — an extra set for each site. Select all of the tables relating to your child site and then scroll down to the With selected: box. On the next screen, leave the export method as Quick and click the Go button. Open it in a code editor. Start with links. Save your file. Start by dropping all the existing tables in your new WordPress installation.

Open phpMyAdmin for your new site. Click on the With selected: dropdown box, and select Drop. When prompted on the next screen, click Go. After a while depending on the size of your database , you will see a message telling you the upload has successfully finished. This could take a while if your database is large. When I add a subsite for my blog I can see it in network dashboard.

When i click on dashboard for that subsite i get this error. What have i not done. Any help is appreciated. Regards Eddie. And they keep referring me to my developer to ask for assistance. What did I do wrong and how can I fix it? It would depend on what error message you are receiving for the possible reason but you could also be running into a caching issue for the subdomains due to your DNS not seeing the change. Hi there, I managed to fix it.

But now, I have a different problem. I need to create 15 subdomains sites part of the network that represent regions. So all the sites needs to look the same, but with varying products etc. Is there a way that I can replicate the primary site in the network?

Glad you were able to resolve the issue, using multisite you should have the same themes and plugins available to let you manually recreate the design on your other sites. Worked like a charm.. Glad our article could help. I research the problem in Google, but so far no luck. I have no idea why tools are missing….

Any idea what is wrong? Before setting up network I disabled all the plugins, like you explain in this tutorial. Multisite should not change your storage for your site, it is for grouping the sites together rather than reducing storage. I want to set up a multisite network for an online store and I want each city to have its site which will be on my multisite network. Now after setting up all the sites on my network, how can I create a landing page that will list all the sites using city names as anchor text so that users can click on the link for their respective city stores.

Cecommerce has a plugin that does that. Thank you and keep up the good work. Please see our guide on how to fix internal server error in WordPress.

Hi can I host multiple websites if I buy the 25 per month plan How many websites I can host is there any number or space I need to host 50 website they all are small websites 4 pages pictures Thanks. That would depend on your specific hosting provider. If you reach out to them with your requirements they should be able to point you toward what you need. So many people having problem setting up multisite. For example bluehost doesnt support multisite with any plan.

So ask your host whether they support multisite or not. This article was created using BlueHost, you can create a multisite setup for this with them but you will need their plus or prime plans normally. You can choose default theme and plugins for new sites. You can also modify the text thats added to default sample content. Might be an idiot question but hey, ill try. If i want sites linked between two different hosts, lets say one. If so, would it be an easy process? You gave very good information.

I have seen many such websites but they do not understand their technology. Your article has cleared the whole story as water. In fact, the solution comes on your website. I would like to have subdomains. In case I dont want to run multiple sites under the same wordpress installation then what should i do??

Do I upgrade my current basic plan with bluehost, or do I purchase a new plan? Of all the articles and blog posts on how to setup WordPress Multisite, this tutorial worked for me. What about multisites as in TLDs? Not subdomains nor virtual directories, can a single setup support different personalities that way? I Have some issues that I need clarification on though, which are: Will deactivating my site plugins during multisite set up affect my SEO and can I enable those plugins immediately the multisite setup is completed?

So I did what any savvy person would do — I googled. Up popped your tutorials, thank goodness! We are glad you found WPBeginner helpful. Hi there, Thanks for all your work. I followed you instructions to check if I had an issue on my installation which was not working for the creation additional sites. I found in the comments that some other peaple had this issue.

The creation of the page does not really work. The directory only contains a cgi-bin folder. Do you have any idea what went wrong? Any help or ideas why? I completly deactivated my plugins already. Thanks for this. Very helpful! I have 2 domains from 2 different host providers.

Now I want to create 2 websites for these 2 domains, and manage them from the same wordpress account. Is that possible? The article looks like the wp multisite installation only works for sub-domains and sub-directories for domains that are managed within 1 single host provider.

What should I do in my case? This was very helpful to ensure I was on the right path for installing the multisite. But I hit a snag with my child theme. It returns the following message:. Broken Theme: Template is missing. Standalone themes need to have a index. Child themes need to have a Template header in the style. Thanks for choosing to leave a comment. Please keep in mind that all comments are moderated according to our comment policy , and your email address will NOT be published.

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Here are some of the advantages of using a WordPress multisite network: As the network administrator, you can easily manage multiple sites from a single dashboard. Each site on the network can have its own admins. The site admins will have the capabilities to manage only their own website. Multisite network also makes it easier for you to manage updates. All sites on the network share the same resources. This means that when your network is down, all other sites go down as well.

In case, one of your websites gets unexpected traffic, then it will affect all other websites on the network. If one website gets hacked, then this means all sites on your network will get hacked. Some WordPress plugins may not work well on a multisite network. WordPress multisite network is not properly supported by all web hosting providers which limits your options. We will talk more about this later in the article.

Who needs a WordPress multisite network? Here are some scenarios when creating a multisite network makes sense: A magazine website with different sections managed by different teams. A business website with sub-sites for different locations and branches.

Government or non-profit websites can use WordPress multisite for different departments, locations, and regions. Your own network of blogs running on multiple subdomains. Schools and colleges allowing students to create their own blogs on school servers. Choosing a Domain Structure for your Multisite Network On a WordPress multisite network, you can add new sites using either subdomains or sub-directories. Setting Up Wildcard Subdomains If you decide to use subdomains for websites on your multisite network, then you will need to setup wildcard subdomains for your multisite network.

Setting up Custom Domains for Each Site WordPress multisite also allows you to set different domains for each website in your multisite network. Click on the install button to continue.

After that you will need to re-login to your WordPress site to access the multisite network. Configuring Network Settings Now that you have setup the multisite network, it is time to configure network settings.

By default, both user and site registrations are disabled on the network. Similarly, you can also ban certain domains from registration. As a network administrator, you can change these settings anytime. Upload Settings for Your Multisite Network It is important for you to keep an eye on the usage of your server resources. Plugin Menu Settings Next, you can jump to the menu settings.

Adding Themes and Plugins to Your Multisite Network By default, individual site administrators in a multisite network cannot install themes and plugins on their own. On this page, you will see a list of currently installed themes on your WordPress multisite. Following are a few essential WordPress plugins that we recommend for every website: WPForms — It is the best WordPress contact form plugin and allows you to quickly create beautiful forms using simple drag and drop form builder.

Do you have an idea please? Thank you. Hi Camille. There must be something wrong with the wp-config. See if that helps. If not, you might check your logs, or check with your host, to see if they can tell you more about where the error is coming from. Your instructions worked perfectly for me.

Many thanks and appreciation! Hi Woolker, Sara, and Patrick! Thanks for letting me know. Who would have thought so many of us would need to do this? I tried many options to make multisite to the single site including the one in the GoDaddy support forum. But this worked perfectly for me. Hi TS. I have a site with a shop as the second site, but Id like to merge them, without loosing all the orders and content from products. How can I do this? Can I just activate everything after disabling the site?

Then merge your content from the main site into that new site you created. Does that make sense? You can do an export of all content from the main site, and import it into that new stand-alone copy of the shop. So block all access to the store, then export, create new site, merge main site, and then relaunch.

Hi Matka! Or check with your host and see if they can help with that. Or contact me via the contact page, and maybe we can take a look for you. Congratulations Robert. Reverting Multisite to a single-site is a big accomplishment. We should have badges we give our or something.

Downloaded a link to this 3 years ago and finally got around to actioning it. Simple, straight forward, successful. Hi, Thank you for this Post I have been looking for a way to deactivate the multisite function for months now and someone sent me a link to this site. Thak you again for this help and so happy right now. Thank you this worked excellently very useful tips, was trying to get my website off multisite for 3 weeks now.

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Or can you just let this multi install handle only 1 website? Would it be easy to move back to single site after being multi site? Tevya on 16 July at PM. Jan on 15 July at AM. Worked like a charm! Thanks a lot, great job! Hannah on 15 July at PM. So glad to see this is helping people.

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