Multisite or Subdomains

  • MobileCuisine

    (@mobilecuisine)


    9 years, 11 months ago

    Alright, so I have a 4 year old WordPress site that I love, but at this time I really can’t afford to have new functionality added to it with a WordPress developer.

    I want to create a network of sites which would all have different functionality/post types and themes. I have looked into plugins for all of the different functions I want to add to my base site (which is a newspaper/trade magazine)…but it appears there are themes out there that provide more.

    Classifieds
    Car sales
    Real estate sales
    A product store
    Multiple directories
    Group deals
    Crowdfunding

    I wanted to find out which route makes the most sense to move forward with.

    Do I:

    Add subdomains to my main site and install individual wordpress installs with their own databases, new themes/post types and functionality?

    Convert to multisite and use a single WP install with all of the different themes and functionality?

    Which option will provide the best site speed, please note I am on VPS currently.

    Thanks in advance.

    -MC

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  • Pat Victor

    (@instovo)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    I would suggest reading through http://halfelf.org/2011/dont-use-wordpress-multisite/ to learn more about when to use WordPress Multisite.

    If you want to create a network in Multisite then all the sites will be linked together. This is good if they are all somewhat related and together form a network of sites for a company or application. It sounds like yours would all be related to your niche so Multisite would perhaps be a valid solution.

    Thread Starter MobileCuisine

    (@mobilecuisine)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    The funny thing is I have spoken with multiple “WordPress Professionals” and presented the same question…it’s been 50/50 on their responses.Just to add in, I will be the only administrator of this network so updating plug-ins and themes would all fall on my shoulders…but at the same time, I wouldn’t have to worry about issues with multiple administrators.

    All of the sites would certainly be part of my network and niche related. I guess the biggest determining factor would be…are the themes multisite compatible.

    If I have between 8-10 wordpress sites in the network…which system would provide the most speed?

    Also, which of the two options provides the best SEO solutions?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    are the themes multisite compatible

    All themes on wordpress.org should work just fine on multisite.

    If I have between 8-10 wordpress sites in the network…which system would provide the most speed?

    I doubt that there will be much in it. The deciding factor in these situations is normally the amount of traffic that you expect to get and the performance/resilience of your server.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    9 years, 11 months ago

    What Esmi said is right.

    Also, which of the two options provides the best SEO solutions?

    Neither. Google don’t care about that one 🙂 it’s all down to server speed at that point on a small network.

    Thread Starter MobileCuisine

    (@mobilecuisine)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    I spoke with my service provider and they have assured me that there will not be any issue with multiple WordPress installations, so it appears that’s the route I’ll go. Thanks for the discussion. I was a bit flummoxed in which route to go.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    9 years, 11 months ago

    multiple WordPress installations

    That’s NOT the same as “WordPress Multisite” so please make sure they’re clear what you meant 🙂

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