Multisite or Multiple wordpress installations?

  • I want to develop a website but I’m not sure which is the best way to do it.
    Currently I’m using WordPress Multisite to develop it, but I’m wondering if using Multiple wordpress installations is a better option.

    The website’s structure I’m going to develop are like this.

    organization.org
    branch1.organization.org
    branch2.organization.org
    …………………..
    branch18.organization.org

    It will have at least 18 subdomains
    All the subdomains website(branch1.organization.org) will have similar pages or function with the main website(organization.org), eg;
    Ability to post, search, archived news/current activity
    Pages for History, organization members..
    In the end it will be like this.

    organization.org/news
    branch1.organization.org/news
    branch2.organization.org/news

    organization.org/members
    branch1.organization.org/members
    branch2.organization.org/members

    All subdomains will have different user to post news or edit pages.
    I’m using WAMPSERVER to develop and testing locally.

    Can anyone enlighten me on this?

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  • I guess the biggest question is about how you want users to interact with the site(s). do you want users to be shared across the sites, so that if they log into one site they can access all of the sites (as a subscriber), or do you want the users to be completely separate from site to site so each site needs users to create a new account?

    If you’re sharing users, then stick with a Network (multisite) system. If you want the sites to be separated, go for individual installations.

    If I was doing what you are, I would be doing the same as you. That’s what the Network functionality is really made for.

    Thread Starter g patrick

    (@pgindol)

    Thanks for your opinion.
    The branch1 user shouldn’t t be able to post or edit anything in branch2’s site.

    I think I’ll stick to Multisite.

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