Multiple sites using subdomains

  • Hi all, I’m a bit of a newbie and am after some advice. What I want to achieve is this:

    I have https://www.site.com and I want subdomain1.site.com, subdomain2.site.com and subdomain3.site.com.

    I want each subdomain to run as a separate running installation of WordPress. So each subdomain is its own website and the main site.com is also its own website.

    What is the best way to do this? Should I install a new wordpress for each one or can I use multisite to do this?

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  • Have a look at how wordpress.com puts it all together, and keeps it all separate at the same time. Imagine creating your main site and its sub sites there? If so, that’s multisite.

    A WordPress multisite network enables you to create a blogging community as intermingled or as separate as you like. If you are not creating a big user community but need it to manage a variety of content within each domain, it’ll do that nicely too.

    An issue to consider is whether or not you want your users who join your blog community to also be part of each subsite. In a network all users are subscribers of all blogs while logged in. Logged in on one blog means they are logged in to them all.

    If you require a distinct and separate user list specific to each subdomain, themes and plugins specific to each subdomain, and only 3 or 4 sites to manage, you may be better off in separate installs rather than creating a Network. If you can’t see an advantage to commingling subdomains into a network, then do not.

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