Multisite
You can enable multisite for any hosted site in 1-click. Go to your hosting control panel, select your site, then go to Tools and toggle the switch for WP Multisite. You will be asked if you want to use Subdomains or Subdirectories for your network.
You should be aware though that WordPress Multisite networks will use more server, CPU, and memory resources than standard WordPress single installs. So, if you have more than a handful of subsites in your multisite, you might find you need one of the higher plans to meet your WordPress Multisite network’s needs.
Why Subdomains are Discouraged
There are two types of Multisite installations:
- Subdirectory (ie. myorg.tld/site)
- Subdomain (ie. site.myorg.tld)
There are several performance, SEO, and technical reasons why we recommend going with a subdirectory install whenever possible.
Here are a few:
- Most SEO experts recommend subdirectories to maximize content and domain authority for your site. Google is believed to treat subdomains as separate web sites, which will impact SEO.
- Subdomains usually see higher legitimate bot and crawler traffic, which can increase load and decrease performance (or require higher hosting plans). This is because the bots and crawlers see each subdomain as their own site and may crawl each subdomain simultaneously.
- Subdomains can make it harder to prevent and mitigate DDOS attacks.
When selecting a subdirectory network, you are able to manually change each subsite’s address. Our multisite domain mapper allows you to set one or more domains to point to a specific subsite.