Preface

Surely you're familiar with WordPress.com, the ultra popular blogging network. Most people don't realize that the software behind WordPress is available for anyone to use, allowing anyone to create a blog network similar to WordPress.com.

WordPress multisite is at the core of WordPress.com and comes as part of the standard self-hosted WordPress download from WordPress.org. We can use WordPress multisite for a number of purposes, from setting up a public blog network by consolidating all of your single site WordPress installations into a multisite network.

WordPress multisite administration will take you through everything you need to know about WordPress multisite. You'll need to have a little experience with single site WordPress installations, but that's it. We cover topics like activating multisite from a single site installation, setting up a custom author-listing directory, and protecting your multisite network.