Multi-Site / Single Site Decisions

you didn’t mention if you WANTED users to be communal and to be able to cross post. If you do want that, then multisite is what you’re after. If you don’t, then go by way of single site. You can still run multiple single site blogs off a single install by modifying the config file … Read more

Change WordPress Multisite Domain

When I move domains and have to change the domain in the database, I use interconnectit’s Search and Replace tool. Here is a very brief overview of the process. Export the database and upload it to the new server. Upload interconnectit’s Search and Replace tool to the new server. Configure what I want to be … Read more

importing data into wordpress db

I’ve run into this issue before when needing to import a large dataset into WordPress. The importers start failing. What I suggest is creating a custom PHP script that reads the values from the non-WP database and then inserts them into WordPress using the WordPress functions. This way, we ensure all the background data processing … Read more