How to host multiple blogs with a single WordPress install

Ever heard of WordPress MU …  yes, you got it right its WordPress Multi User. You can run multiple BLOGS with a single install using WordPress MU and can manage users and BLOGS individually.

And more importantly you don’t have to be a techie to start using WordPress MU. Its easy to set up and use, just like WordPress.

Plugins work just like they work with regular WordPress install. You can activate and de-activate Plugins per BLOG level.

You can configure different domains with different BLOGS you set up using WordPress MU.

You can set up different permissions for different BLOGS.

You can find a lot of WordPress MU resources at the official site here -

http://mu.wordpress.org/

WordPress MU is a wrapper around the core WP code that virtualizes multiple blogs. The code that differs is in some bootstrap files, and administration for multiple blogs and users.  Approximately 95-99% of MU is core WP.

WordPress MU is most famously used for WordPress.com where it serves tens of millions of hits on hundreds of thousands of blogs each day.

Here are Links to some good resources if you are using or even if you are planning to use WordPress MU -

• WordPress MU plugins, themes and news
• BuddyPress will transform an installation of WordPress MU into a social network platform.
• OpenID Provider for WordPress MU
• Wordpress MU Plugins - All about Wordpress Multi-user

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