I think the best option is to go with one of the multisite clone plugins. Multisite Clone Duplicator, Multisite Cloner, NS Cloner. I think all have settings to only make new blogs as a copy of one default blog. So you would have a sort of template or master blog to clone from and it doesn’t have to be public. You can set it to be “archived” so that people don’t see it and it doesn’t get messed with/changed. Only used for cloning.
@jhnpldng: I haven’t tried that before (have cloned, but not with all the settings)– does the cloning really copy all the plugin settings? And will it even include things like license keys?
I use this one to make a default set of plugins active on new sites, but I don’t think it will control settings.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/
Exact clones right down to API keys.
Hi, I am trying to do the same thing.
I already have a single site (that is outwith the multi-site), will I be able to import the plugin settings from my single site to the new base multi-site site that will act as the basis of all my new sites (I am moving from a single site installation to a multi-site installation).
Cheers
Also, I want to lock down parts of the dashboard
