Title: WordPress Multisite for SaaS
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# WordPress Multisite for SaaS

 *  [saimohit2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saimohit2000/)
 * (@saimohit2000)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-for-saas/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grvrulz/)
 * (@grvrulz)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-for-saas/#post-6741556)
 * 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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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [Prpl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grvrulz/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-multisite-for-saas/#post-6741556)
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