Is it still only possible to do multisite domain mapping with a plugin in WordPress 4.1?

The short answer is yes. But it seems that the WordPress team are moving toward encouraging the creation of networks of sites rather than simply using Multisite. I watched this video: http://wordpress.tv/2014/07/26/john-james-jacoby-multisite-and-multi-network/ Which gives a good insight into creating a Network of sites. Each Network can have a different domain. I’m therefore going to install … Read more

how to use a different domain/subdomain for authors/catagories on single site?

wp-config.php if ( is_alt_domain( $_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’] ) ) { $domain = str_replace( ‘www.’, ”, $_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’] ); define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://www.’ . $domain ); define( ‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://www.’ . $domain ); } else if (is_sub_domain( $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ) ) { $domain = “{$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]}”; define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://’ . $domain ); define( ‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://’ . $domain ); } else if (! (is_main_domain( … Read more