What is a multisite?

Multisite refers to a WordPress installation that allows you to manage and maintain multiple sites through a single installation, rather than each site having its own, separate site environment on the server. This type of installation is also called a Network. Seravo's WP service includes support for multisite in the WP Corporate and WP Enterprise service plans. Depending on the plan, a Network can contain ten or more sites.

A multisite always contains one main site (example.fi), of which the other sites are subsites. It has two types of structures: subdirectory and subdomain. The choice of structure for a site depends mainly on how you want the domains of the sites to work. It is possible to configure subsites of both structures to use a separate domain (for example, subsite.fi), but the way they work differs somewhat. You can read more about domain name configuration in multisite here.

If you want to activate the multisite feature on your site, you can request it on the new site order form or, in the case of an already existing site, by contacting our customer support at help@seravo.com.

Properties of multisite

A multisite installation works in many aspects in a very similar way to a standard WordPress installation, but it does have some administrative and technical differences. For example, some settings, even those affecting just individual sites, are only visible and manageable by the top-level users, Super Admins. One of the most notable differences is the My Sites menu, which can be found in the top bar of the WordPress Dashboard. Under this menu is the Network Admin tab, which allows you to edit settings for the entire Network, create and manage subsites and users, and install plugins and themes. Under this menu, you will also see a list of all the sites belonging to the Network to which the logged-in user has been added as a user.

Because all the sites in the Network share a single WordPress installation, they also share the same resources and technical features. This means that the WordPress core, downloaded themes and plugins, and PHP are always in the same version across the Network. The database is also shared between the entire Network. However, files and other content added directly to subsites are not accessible to other subsites through the WordPress Dashboard.

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