Regular WordPress or WordPress MU For Your Business Website
Author: Kim Beasley
For those who didn’t know, WordPress has two different versions that are usually used by business owners to develop a website. There is the regular WordPress that you can download from WordPress.org or the multi-user version that you can download from MU.WordPress.org.
If you are looking to create a regular website where you will share your business information and brand your business, then a regular WordPress website would definitely work for you. On the other hand, if you are looking to expand your business web presence into multiple WordPress websites, then you might want to look into WordPress MU.
The biggest different between the two version is that with WordPress MU, you install once and then you can create multiple WordPress website all under the same domain name (ie., midwest.womenpartner.com, texas.womenpartner.com, womenpartner.com). Then when plugins need to be updated, when you update it on one site, it updates on the other sites. Examples of websites that have WordPress MU implemented are:
- WordPress.com
- WomenPartner.com (current website that was developed by Kim Beasley)
- University of Maine
- StarTribune.com Blogs
As you visited each of the WordPress MU websites, you might have noticed that they look just like a regular WordPress website. If you were to log into the backend of a WordPress MU website, you will also notice that you have additional options that you can set along with some that are not available due to security reasons (i.e., edit themes, edit plugins).
Although there are some options that are not available, the WordPress MU version is very powerful. There is even a plugin that will allow you to install each blog with its own domain name so that you don’t have to use the sub-domain web address for your blog that comes standard with a WordPress MU installation.
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