The Network Admin Settings is where a network admin sets and changes settings for the network as a whole. The first site is the main site in the network and network settings are pulled from that original site’s options.
Operational Settings
Network Name
What you would like to call this website.
Network Admin Email
Registration and support emails will come from this address. An address such as support@example.com is recommended.
Registration Settings
Allow new registrations
Disable or enable registration and who or what can be registered. (Default is disabled.)
- Registration is disabled. (default)
- User accounts may be registered.
- Logged in users may register new sites.
- Both sites and user accounts can be registered.
Registration notification
Send the network admin an email notification every time someone registers a site or user account.
Add New Users
Allow site administrators to add new users to their site via the “Users -> Add New” page.
Banned Names
Users are not allowed to register these sites. Separate names by spaces.
Limited Email Registrations
If you want to limit site registrations to certain domains. Enter one domain per line.
Banned Email Domains
If you want to ban domains from site registrations. Enter one domain per line.
New Site Settings
Welcome Email
The welcome email sent to new site owners.
Dear User,
Your new SITE_NAME blog has been successfully set up at:
BLOG_URL
You can log in to the administrator account with the following information:
Username: USERNAME
Password: PASSWORD
Login Here: BLOG_URLwp-login.php
We hope you enjoy your new blog.
Thanks!
--The Team @ SITE_NAME
Welcome User Email
The welcome email sent to new users.
Dear User,
Your new account is set up.
You can log in with the following information:
Username: USERNAME
Password: PASSWORD
LOGINLINK
Thanks!
--The Team @ SITE_NAME
First Post
The first post on a new site.
Welcome to <a href="SITE_URL">SITE_NAME</a>. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
First Page
The first page on a new site.
First Comment
The first comment on a new site.
First Comment Author
The author of the first comment on a new site.
First Comment URL
The URL for the first comment on a new site.
Upload Settings
Site upload space
Limit total size of files uploaded to [ 50 ] MB.
Upload file types
Default is jpg jpeg png gif mp3 mov avi wmv midi mid pdf m2ts.
Note: Adding arbitrary file types will not work unless a corresponding function is also hooked to upload_mimes filter. See the wp_get_mime_types function in wp-includes/functions.php for the current default set of supported mime-types / file extensions. Adding mime types in the ‘upload file types’ field not listed in the default set will NOT work unless you’ve added them using the upload_mimes filter! Uploading files with mime types not supported (without adding them using the filter) will fail with the message “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons”.
Max upload file size
Default is [ 1500 ] KB.
Language Settings
Default Language
Default is English.
Menu Settings
Enable administration menus
- Plugins
On WordPress Multisite the default setting for plugins is disabled. This means your users won’t have access to the plugin admin panel inside their dashboard unless you first enable access to plugins network wide.
Changelog
- 2023-04-25: Original content from Network Admin Settings Screen.