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WordPress Multisite

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WordPress Multisite is a feature that allows users to create and manage a network of multiple WordPress sites from a single WordPress installation. It enables administrators to oversee multiple sites, sharing themes, plugins, and users across the network while maintaining individual site configurations. This feature is particularly useful for organizations managing multiple related websites, educational institutions, or businesses offering hosted WordPress solutions. Multisite simplifies maintenance and updates across multiple sites, improving efficiency in multi-site management.

WordPress Multisite belongs toHostingcategory.

5websites

use it — 0.2% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#7of 16

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 80)

5public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

0.06% of all websites we track run WordPress Multisite

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How WordPress Multisite sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

45PerformancePooraverage site: 5092AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8973Best practicesFairaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 35% slower than the average site

WordPress Multisite sites
5.8 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most WordPress Multisite sites load in 4.6–6.7 s. Home page weight: 4.4 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 5 public sites measured.

Who uses it?

Business Services is the biggest group

Business Services40%
Technology and Software40%
Educational Resources20%

Share of 5 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Similar tools in its category

Hosting: 80 tools known, 16 seen in our scans

Amazon S3184 sitesAlternativeHostinger45 sitesAlternativeWP Engine21 sitesAlternativeKinsta20 sitesAlternativeDrupal Multisite10 sitesAlternativeSiteGround4 sitesAlternativeBluehost4 sitesAlternativePagely4 sitesAlternativeMySQL475 sitesUsed together

How websites combine WordPress Multisite with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Integrates with another 5Needs another tool 3Built on a platform 2

Websites using WordPress Multisite

5 websites use WordPress Multisite: 0.2% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months. A selection is shown below.

Scores are out of 100: P Performance · A Accessibility · B Best practices · S SEO. Green 80+, yellow 65–79, orange 50–64, red below 50. The dot shows whether our last scan found the site failing (red) or not (green); Red, amber or blue: an active incident on the site's status page (outage, degraded, maintenance) or a failing scan; amber also means a certificate ending within 30 days. Hover the dot for details.

Questions about WordPress Multisite

How many websites use WordPress Multisite?
We found WordPress Multisite on 5 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (0.2%). 5 of them have a public status page.
What is WordPress Multisite often used with?
Among the websites we scan, WordPress Multisite is often found alongside OneTrust (80% of its sites), Yoast SEO (80% of its sites), Cloudflare Bot Management (60% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to WordPress Multisite?
Other hosting tools we recognize include MySQL, Amazon S3, Hostinger, WP Engine.

Is your website built with WordPress Multisite?

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