Rather than post this as a bunch of comments, I’m going to make this an answer. Your requirements/questions: to Have a Super admin that has access across all wp sites. That’s a hallmark of Multisite. to use both, subdomains and subfolders, in the chosen setup (see example above). You can accomplish this with something like … Read more
The simplest solution is a rule inside the .htaccess of the installation, if it is an Apache server. The following syntax should support you. Protect the whole access # PROTECT xmlrpc.php <Files xmlrpc.php> Order Allow,Deny Deny from all </Files> Access for several apps # ACCESS for xmlrpc surface only for different apps <IfModule mod_setenvif.c> <Files … Read more
I spoke to the web host, WP Engine, who advised us that an extra license is required to turn a WP site into MU, which we don’t currently have. They confirmed the error was caused by our lack of a MU license.
You’re using $user_id = get_option( ‘admin_email’ ); and then using that $user_id. However, get_option( ‘admin_email’ ); returns an email address, not the int that wpmu_create_blog() expects. So your sites are (presumably) being created with a user_id of 0. Here’s how I’d address this: $user_email = get_option(‘admin_email’); $user_object = get_user_by( ’email’, $user_email ); if ( false … Read more
My first recommendation would be to delete or rename your .htaccess file. That file is what contains the guts of WordPress’ redirection engine. And that’s also the only thing that could be redirecting from the login. WordPress redirects virtual URLs to http://blog.url/index.php so that the blog can serve up content. But the admin dashboard and … Read more
I’ve had to write some custom stuff to copy settings across blogs. Currently I’ve got a plugin with two textareas: A read-only box with a base64 encoded serialized string of all the blog options (wp_options) I care about (in this case, widgets, sidebars, and options from a specific plugin) A field that can accept the … Read more
Here’s a plugin for you: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yd-wpmu-sitewide-options/ The option that you’re looking for is: comment_moderation comment_whitelist
Option 2 should work, I just wrote http://wp.leau.co/2010/12/24/moving-a-weblog-to-a-wp3-multisite-weblog-system-on-mediatemple/ themes: you should NOT network activate all themes, only activate them on a specific site via the site settings for a blog plugins: disable the setting in the network admin to display plugin etc.. How to enable a theme for a specific site To network-enable or to … Read more
You can access the blog ID you are on by global $blog_id; and then you can use that how you want it to work.
Yes. Use the Domain Mapping Plugin. Plugins can be enabled network-wide, or on a per-site basis. You can choose whether or not to give site admins the capability to activate/deactivate Plugins. Plugin settings are on a per-site basis. The Network Administration handles updates to core, Plugins, and Themes, and automates updating the database tables for … Read more