WordPress Multisite for SaaS

  • saimohit2000

    (@saimohit2000)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hello.
    I’m thinking off to use WordPress Multisite as backend for a SaaS site.

    However, i have some licensing inquiries:
    1. The customer dashboard is /wp-admin/ directory itself. So, is it legal to remove all references to wordpress on customer’s site and dashboard?

    2. Modifications will be made to the customer’s wordpress sites, should it be necessarily available to the public for free?

    Are there any disadvantages using wordpress for SaaS?

    All of your suggestions are welcomed. Thank you.

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  • Prpl

    (@grvrulz)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi there!! I’ll try to answer those in the order.

    1. Yes, it is legal to remove the references to WordPress on the dashboard and site
    2. Modifications are only required to be made available under the GPLv2 if you redistribute the code. If you’re just running it on a server, you don’t need to do that.

    Although, I would strongly suggest you to not make any actual modifications in WordPress core files. All of the modifications you might want are possible via utilizing the action and filter hooks available in WordPress. You should start by writing a custom functionality plugin, and then start adding code to that.

    As far as disadvantages are concerned, I don’t see any apart from implementation specific issues. People are already doing what you’re planning. See WordPress.com, Edublogs, HappyTables, Rainmaker etc.

    Hope that clarifies things for you 🙂

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