Multisite Not Linking Users
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Hi everyone… I’m trying to make a multi site (same site but different languages) and I need it to be available to all users, but when I make an account, it can only log in but has no access to any other content (ex. user dashboard)…
We checked the database and there is only one users field (I thought it might have made a different one).
How can I fix this?
P.S. I chose this option because the UI needs to be in the user defined language, and with translators plugins it translates the added content too, which needs to remain in the original language.
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This is by design: in a Multisite, each subsite is a full and independent WordPress site, with its own theme, its own set of plugins, and its own users.
It was even previously called WPMU or WordPress Multi-User, a “user” being an independent blog owner. This was the “gold rush” days of blogging when “blog networks” were the way to make money online, and everybody and their dog offered a blog hosting service!
So users (other than SuperAdmins) need to be added to the specific subsite to grant them any privileges on the subsite.
If you’re working with a handful of internal users (and languages), it’s probably best to do this manually from the dashboard. Of course, you could do so as well via a plugin, or manually run SQL or PHP code.
The Mmultisite User Role Ranager plugin allows you to do this mapping from one screen, rather than having to log in to each subsite to add the user. This plugin hasn’t been updated in a while: but I just tested it and it still works. Use at your own risk though 😀
UPDATE:
Here’s an actively maintained plugin that solves a similar problem, though I’ve not tested it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-multisite-user-sync/
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