Title: Multisite Domain Mapping
Last modified: September 1, 2020

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# Multisite Domain Mapping

 *  [watman007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/watman007/)
 * (@watman007)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-7/)
 * Hi,
 * Im running a web agency and managing a lot of websites. The website that im managing
   been installed separately with different accounts which mean that everytime i
   need to update the theme or wordpress i need to login one by one and update them
   manually.
    So im starting thinking to use Multisite Domain Mapping to manage 
   coming website projects that i build so i have one installation for different
   websites “domains”.
 * So my question is what is the benefits and disadvantages with Multisite Domain
   Mapping instead to install wordpress sites separately, is it effect SEO using
   Multisite Domain Mapping?
 * Grateful for all the answers I get!

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-7/#post-13348076)
 * > Im running a web agency and managing a lot of websites. The website that im
   > managing been installed separately with different accounts which mean that 
   > everytime i need to update the theme or wordpress i need to login one by one
   > and update them manually.
 * A central WordPress management platform like [ManageWP](https://ww.managewp.com)
   solves that problem and a whole lot more. ManageWP (and similar tools) provide
   1-click login to any of the sites under management… but you don’t even need to
   do this: you can do most of your management from the central dashboard and even
   schedule automatic updates for the entire fleet of sites under management.
 * (It’s not very often that I praise BigDaddy, but they’ve done a very good job
   of not messing up ManageWP since they acquired it, and what they still offer 
   for free is just so generous.)
 * > So my question is what is the benefits and disadvantages with Multisite Domain
   > Mapping instead to install wordpress sites separately, is it effect SEO using
   > Multisite Domain Mapping?
 * I’m not deep into SEO to be able to answer that question, but I want to bring
   out other considerations you’ve probably not considered:
    - Not all plugins are compatible with Multisite.
    - You’re putting all your clients into one basket. When something breaks in 
      WordPress, ALL your clients are affected. You really need to be on top of 
      your game and know the internals of WordPress and a bit of sysadmin to keep
      this ship afloat
    - Moving a site out of multisite (client leaving, you some encountered incompatibility,
      etc) can be a pita and will often require a paid plugin or wrangling with 
      the database.
    - You’ll quickly realize you or some of your clients might not be able to publish
      posts with some code or upload some files that they could do previously. That’s
      because Multisite includes additional layers of security to protect the entire
      network. You can scale back on some of these restrictions, but then you’re
      also opening up holes in the entire network.
 * I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t use Multisite. I’m just trying to bring
   to your attention that running a Multisite network for DIFFERENT client sites(
   as opposed to a handful of your personal sites) requires a higher level of attention
   and know-how than dealing with individual WordPress sites.
 * And, yeah, I’m personally not a big fun of Multisite **for this specific use-
   case of managing different customer sites**, especially as the login problem 
   you mentioned has several DIFFERENT solutions already (single sign-on plugins,
   central management dashboard, etc).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/).
      Reason: Fixed a typo
 *  Thread Starter [watman007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/watman007/)
 * (@watman007)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-7/#post-13397866)
 * Thanks alot for you answer, i have now better understanding thanks back to you!

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [watman007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/watman007/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-7/#post-13397866)
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