How to Efficiently Manage and Maintain a Network of WordPress Sites?

  • Hi everyone,

    I’m currently running a network of WordPress sites and I’m looking for advice on the best practices for managing and maintaining multiple sites efficiently. Specifically, I’m interested in:

    1. Recommended plugins or tools for network management.
    2. Strategies for keeping all sites updated and secure.
    3. Tips for handling backups and site migrations.
    4. Any workflow suggestions to streamline content updates across the network.

    Any insights or experiences you could share would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Sara

    (@sarayourfriend)

    Have you looked into using WordPress in Multisite mode? It’s not clear from your question whether you’re already doing this, but if not, it solves most of your questions by treating them as you would for a single WordPress installation.

    Learn WordPress has a good introductory page to Multisite: https://learn.www.ads-software.com/tutorial/introduction-to-wordpress-multisite-networks/

    A quick search online revealed many popular hosting sites that also share tips on administering a Multisite install. This one from Hostinger, for example, claims to be a “complete guide”, so might be the place to go after you’ve read through the documentation on Learn. To your first question, they’ve also got recommendations for a few helpful plugins in the guide in this section later on.

    Multisite should solve your questions 2 and 3, for example, if you treat the installation like you would any other single WordPress installation. All sites are kept up-to-date so long as the WordPress installation is up-to-date. Backup the entire WordPress installation, and all sites in the Multisite network will be backed up in the same single process.

    As for question 4, I’m unsure. More details might help. Do you mean you need to synchronise content across the different sites?

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