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[[WordPressMU|WordPress MU]], or WordPressµ, is the multi-user version of the famous WordPress blogging application. It is ideal for people who want to set up a large network of blogs. Please see [http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/ forums] at [http://mu.wordpress.org/ MU.WordPress] for discussion.
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[[WPMU|WordPress MU]], or WordPressµ, is the multi-user version of WordPress. It is ideal for people who want to set up a large network of blogs. WordPress MU is the underlying software that powers the [http://wordpress.com/ WordPress.com] hosted blogging service. WordPress MU is also used by newspapers, magazines, blog networks, universities and large companies running corporate blogging systems behind firewalls.
   
 
Using the WordPress multi-user edition, you will be able offer users an opportunity to sign up for a new blog. They will be able to securely manage their templates and settings without affecting any other users. You can have unlimited users with unlimited blogs, and users can have various roles (administrator, editor, author, contributor, subscriber) on each other's blogs. One or more Site Administrators can perform site-wide management tasks, including adding users and blogs, altering permissions and granting access to themes.
WordPress MU is the underlying software that powers the [http://wordpress.com/ WordPress.com] hosted blogging service. WordPress MU is also used by newspapers, magazines, blog networks, universities and large companies running corporate blogging systems behind firewalls.
 
   
 
== WordPress MU Features ==
Using the WordPress multi-user edition, you will be able offer your users an opportunity to sign up for a new blog. They will be able to securely manage their templates and settings without affecting any other users. You can have unlimited users with unlimited blogs, and users can have various roles (admin, editor, author, contributor, subscriber) on each other's blogs. One or more Site Administrators can perform site-wide management tasks, including adding users and blogs, altering permissions and granting access to themes.
 
   
 
WordPress MU Plugins and Themes are controlled by a central system administrator. Unlike the single-user version of WordPress, individual WPMU bloggers cannot upload their own WordPress Plugins and Themes. The users can only select from the ones made available by the system administrator. Individual themes can be made available to all blogs or just to specific ones.
== Features ==
 
   
 
=== WordPress Mu Host Benefits ===
WordPress MU is a unique WordPress product. Plugins and themes are controlled by a central system administrator. So unlike the single-user version of WordPress, individual MU bloggers cannot upload their own plugins and themes, only select from the ones made available by the system administrator. Individual themes can be made available to all blogs or just to specific ones.
 
 
=== Host Benefits ===
 
   
 
* Ability to create a hosted "community" of users.
 
* Ability to create a hosted "community" of users.
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* Opportunity to provide free hosting as an alternative to paid hosting services.
 
* Opportunity to provide free hosting as an alternative to paid hosting services.
 
* Ability to limit sign-up to specific email domains if required.
 
* Ability to limit sign-up to specific email domains if required.
* Various options for adding plugins and administration features.
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* Various options for adding Plugins and administration features.
 
* Customization of the administration panels.
 
* Customization of the administration panels.
 
* Ability to add WordPress Themes, increasing user choices.
 
* Ability to add WordPress Themes, increasing user choices.
 
* Ability to control WordPress Themes, limiting user choices per site needs.
 
* Ability to control WordPress Themes, limiting user choices per site needs.
 
* Security precautions and protections in place.
 
* Security precautions and protections in place.
* Easy addition of comment spam protection through plugins.
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* Easy addition of comment spam protection through Plugins.
   
=== User Benefits ===
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=== WordPress MU User Benefits ===
   
While WordPressMU users are blogging with a limited version of WordPress, and currently are able to choose from a list of included WordPress Themes and have little customization, there are still a lot of benefits.
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While WordPress MU users are blogging with a restricted version of WordPress, able to choose from WordPress Themes and Plugin options as set by the Administrator, there are still a lot of benefits.
   
 
* No installation or setup. Enter user name and password and blog.
 
* No installation or setup. Enter user name and password and blog.
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* Comment spam protection built-in.
 
* Comment spam protection built-in.
   
WordPress MU is designed for hosts to offer hosting of WordPress blogs to individual users. The [http://www.wordpress.org/download full version of WordPress] is still free and available for download, and it is designed to offer full customization for the single or multi-user blogs and/or multiple blogs by a single administrator.
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WordPress MU is designed for hosts to offer hosting of WordPress blogs to individual users. WordPress MU is free, as is the single hosted version of [http://www.wordpress.org/download WordPress].
   
== Support and Installation ==
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== WordPress MU Support and Installation ==
   
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For information on installing and setting up a WordPress MU site, see [[Installing WPMU]].
[[Installing WPMU]] has some documentation on installing.
 
   
For support and information on installing and using WordPress MU, visit the [http://mu.wordpress.org WordPress MU] website and [http://mu.wordpress.org/forums support forum]. A WordPress MU system is more complex to maintain than a single-user WordPress system, so timid or casual user beware.
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For support and information on installing and using WordPress MU, visit the [http://mu.wordpress.org WordPress MU] website and [http://mu.wordpress.org/forums WordPress MU Support Forum].
   
If you are a WordPress MU user click on the Feedback button in your Dashboard. Some help may be found within the WordPress Codex in the articles listed in the next section or in [http://donncha.wordpress.com/2005/09/23/wordpresscom-faq/ Donncha's FAQ].
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If you are a WordPress MU user click on the Feedback button in your Dashboard. Some help may be found within the WordPress Codex in the articles listed on [[WPMU]] or in [http://donncha.wordpress.com/2005/09/23/wordpresscom-faq/ Donncha's FAQ].
   
* There are some special [[WPMU Plugins]] and not all WP plugins work with WPMU, see [[WPMU Plugin Compatibility]]
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* There are some special [[WPMU Plugins]] and not all WordPress Plugins work with WPMU, see [[WPMU Plugin Compatibility]]
* Not all themes work with WPMU, see [[WPMU Theme Compatibility]]
 
* [[WPMUDEV.org]] is a repository for uploading special WPMU related contributions
 
 
* There are [[WPMU Functions]] and [[WPMU Global Variables]] that should use to interact with WPMU's multiuser features
 
* There are [[WPMU Functions]] and [[WPMU Global Variables]] that should use to interact with WPMU's multiuser features
* There are some special [[WPMU Widgets]] in development
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* WordPress Plugins and Widgets can be modified to become [[WPMU Widgets]].
* The code can be checked out from the [[WPMU SVN Repository]]. Don't ask for check-in rights - like WordPress, WPMU is closed for contributions. Instead please submit your contributions to the [[WPMU Trac]] as a ticket.
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* The code can be checked out from the [[WPMU SVN Repository]].
 
* There is the [[WPMU IRC Channel]] for real time help and chat.
* If you don't want to submit a change to the core, you can share a [[WPMU Hack]] here on Codex.
 
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* Information is available about how the tables are set up in [[WPMU Database Description]].
   
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For more information, see the Codex Table of Contents for [[WPMU]] or the [[:Category:WPMU]].
There is the [[WPMU IRC Channel]] for real time help and chat.
 
   
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=== Other Helpful Resources ===
This link returns recent changes to [http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category%3AWPMU WPMU Related Codex pages].
 
   
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* [http://wordpress.org/development/ WordPress Development Blog - Information on WordPress in General]
=== Support Articles for WordPressMU Users ===
 
 
* [http://www.devlounge.net/articles/using-wordpress-mu-to-power-multiple-blogs Using WordPress MU to Power Multiple Blogs] at DevLounge (13DEC07)
 
 
*[http://mu.word-press.hu WordPress Mu Magyar Információs oldal (Hungarian)]
The following is a list of documentation on the WordPress Codex that may help answer your questions about posting, creating categories and [[Pages]], and managing your WordPress blog on WordPressMU.
 
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* [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/wpmu Plugins for WordPress MU]
 
 
* [http://wpmututorials.com/ WordPress MU tutorials and how-to articles]
For answers to specific questions on WordPress MU, check out the [http://mu.wordpress.org/forums WordPress MU Support Forum].
 
 
To report bugs, see the [[Debugging WPMU]] guidelines
 
 
A WikiMedia based documentation site has been established for WordPress MU at http://www.wpmuwiki.org and is open for contributions.
 
   
 
== Support Articles for WordPress.com Users ==
[[WPMU Adoption Articles]] pulls together some threads useful for gaining traction on your WPMU site.
 
   
 
The following is a list of documentation on the WordPress Codex that may help answer your questions about posting, creating categories and [[Pages]], and managing your WordPress blog on WordPress MU.
[[WPMU FAQs]] lists various FAQ sources.
 
   
For answers to specific questions about using Wordpress.com, visit the [http://faq.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com FAQ] and the [http://wordpress.com/forums Wordpress.com Support Forums].
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For answers to specific questions about using WordPress.com, visit the [http://faq.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com FAQ] and the [http://wordpress.com/forums WordPress.com Support Forums].
   
 
* [[First_Steps_With_WordPress|First Steps With WordPress]]
 
* [[First_Steps_With_WordPress|First Steps With WordPress]]
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* [[Finding_WordPress_Help|Finding More WordPress Help and Tips]]
 
* [[Finding_WordPress_Help|Finding More WordPress Help and Tips]]
   
=== Other Helpful Resources ===
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=== Other Articles on Using WordPress.com ===
   
* [http://wordpress.org/development/ WordPress Development Blog - Information on WordPress in General]
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* [http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/07/29/what-do-i-do-with-my-new-wordpresscom-blog/ What Do I Do With My New WordPress.com Blog]
 
* [http://wpmudev.org/ WordPressMU specific plugins and themes]
 
* [http://wpmututorials.com/ WordPressMU tutorials and how-to articles]
 
* [http://wordpress.jdwebdev.com/blog/wp-vs-mu/ WordPress vs. WordPress MU] - A list of 13 differences
 
* [http://www.devlounge.net/articles/using-wordpress-mu-to-power-multiple-blogs Using WordPress MU to Power Multiple Blogs] at DevLounge (13DEC07)
 
* [http://mu.bloggles.info Wordpress MU Plugin and Hack]
 
 
 
* [http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/26/attention-wordpress-theme-designers-designing-themes-for-wordpressmu/ Attention WordPress Theme Designers and Authors - Designing WordPress Themes for WordPressMU]
 
* [http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/21/choosing-a-wordpress-theme/ Choosing a WordPress Theme]
 
* [http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/ Lorelle's WordPress Tips and Techniques]
 
 
* [http://blogging.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com and Blogging Tips, Tricks, Themes, and Plugins]
 
* [http://blogging.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com and Blogging Tips, Tricks, Themes, and Plugins]
 
* [http://leita.wordpress.com/2005/11/22/new-to-wordpresscom-tips-to-get-started-fast/ New to WordPress.com - Tips to Get Started Fast]
 
* [http://leita.wordpress.com/2005/11/22/new-to-wordpresscom-tips-to-get-started-fast/ New to WordPress.com - Tips to Get Started Fast]
 
*[http://www.lucidgreen.net/wordpressGuides/everymansWPCOMinstall.pdf Everyman's Guide to WordPress.Com "installation" - Step-by-step guide to setting up a WordPress.com blog]
 
*[http://www.lucidgreen.net/wordpressGuides/everymansWPCOMinstall.pdf Everyman's Guide to WordPress.Com "installation" - Step-by-step guide to setting up a WordPress.com blog]
 
*[http://blog-well.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/how-to-redirect-a-wordpresscom-blog.pdf/ Step-by-step guide to redirect a WordPress.com blog]
 
*[http://blog-well.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/how-to-redirect-a-wordpresscom-blog.pdf/ Step-by-step guide to redirect a WordPress.com blog]
 
* [http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/26/attention-wordpress-theme-designers-designing-themes-for-wordpressmu/ Attention WordPress Theme Designers and Authors - Designing WordPress Themes for WordPress MU]
*[http://mu.word-press.hu WordPress Mu Magyar Információs oldal (Hungarian)]
 
 
* [http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/21/choosing-a-wordpress-theme/ Choosing a WordPress Theme]
 
 
* [http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/ Lorelle's WordPress Tips and Techniques]
   
 
[[Category:About WordPress]]
 
[[Category:About WordPress]]
 
[[Category:WPMU]]
 
[[Category:WPMU]]
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[[Category:WordPress.com]]

Latest revision as of 19:27, 22 June 2011

ATTENTION! WordPress MU is no longer under active development as a separate product. Its features were rolled into core and released with WordPress 3.0. You can simply proceed by Installing WordPress and Create A Network instead. It functions generally the same.


WordPress MU, or WordPressµ, is the multi-user version of WordPress. It is ideal for people who want to set up a large network of blogs. WordPress MU is the underlying software that powers the WordPress.com hosted blogging service. WordPress MU is also used by newspapers, magazines, blog networks, universities and large companies running corporate blogging systems behind firewalls.

Using the WordPress multi-user edition, you will be able offer users an opportunity to sign up for a new blog. They will be able to securely manage their templates and settings without affecting any other users. You can have unlimited users with unlimited blogs, and users can have various roles (administrator, editor, author, contributor, subscriber) on each other's blogs. One or more Site Administrators can perform site-wide management tasks, including adding users and blogs, altering permissions and granting access to themes.

WordPress MU Features

WordPress MU Plugins and Themes are controlled by a central system administrator. Unlike the single-user version of WordPress, individual WPMU bloggers cannot upload their own WordPress Plugins and Themes. The users can only select from the ones made available by the system administrator. Individual themes can be made available to all blogs or just to specific ones.

WordPress Mu Host Benefits

  • Ability to create a hosted "community" of users.
  • Ability to host thousands of users on one site.
  • Opportunity to provide free hosting as an alternative to paid hosting services.
  • Ability to limit sign-up to specific email domains if required.
  • Various options for adding Plugins and administration features.
  • Customization of the administration panels.
  • Ability to add WordPress Themes, increasing user choices.
  • Ability to control WordPress Themes, limiting user choices per site needs.
  • Security precautions and protections in place.
  • Easy addition of comment spam protection through Plugins.

WordPress MU User Benefits

While WordPress MU users are blogging with a restricted version of WordPress, able to choose from WordPress Themes and Plugin options as set by the Administrator, there are still a lot of benefits.

  • No installation or setup. Enter user name and password and blog.
  • A chance to test drive WordPress at little or no risk.
  • Choose WordPress Themes that have been tested and are ready for use - no fuss, no muss.
  • Part of a community, with potential for community relationships through competition and awareness.
  • Comment spam protection built-in.

WordPress MU is designed for hosts to offer hosting of WordPress blogs to individual users. WordPress MU is free, as is the single hosted version of WordPress.

WordPress MU Support and Installation

For information on installing and setting up a WordPress MU site, see Installing WPMU.

For support and information on installing and using WordPress MU, visit the WordPress MU website and WordPress MU Support Forum.

If you are a WordPress MU user click on the Feedback button in your Dashboard. Some help may be found within the WordPress Codex in the articles listed on WPMU or in Donncha's FAQ.

For more information, see the Codex Table of Contents for WPMU or the Category:WPMU.

Other Helpful Resources

Support Articles for WordPress.com Users

The following is a list of documentation on the WordPress Codex that may help answer your questions about posting, creating categories and Pages, and managing your WordPress blog on WordPress MU.

For answers to specific questions about using WordPress.com, visit the WordPress.com FAQ and the WordPress.com Support Forums.

Other Articles on Using WordPress.com