Title: Single WordPress, Multisite Network or Multiple WordPress Installations?
Last modified: June 19, 2017

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# Single WordPress, Multisite Network or Multiple WordPress Installations?

 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advice-single-wordpress-multisite-network-or-multiple-wordpress-installations/)
 * _[ Moderator note: [moved to Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-use-how-to-and-troubleshooting-if-you-have-problems-after-installation/).]_
 * Hello all,
 * I have a very active, 6-month niche blog (in the mental health arena), and I’m
   now planning for a major “next phase” and need a little advice on the best path
   forward. I’m not sure which will serve our needs best: a single WordPress installation,
   Multisite Network, or multiple installations of independent, single WordPress
   sites.
 * Here are the pieces I’m trying to piece together:
    - Blog / Online Magazine (active on a VPS now)
    - Woocommerce-powered Store (selling both physical and digital stuff)
    - Learndash-powered Academy (we track student progress for CE credits and award
      certificates of completion, so we wanted something more “schoolish”, hence
      LearnDash)
    - bbPress-powered community discussion forum
    - ByddyPress-powered niche social network
    - (Maybe) Paid Membership Pro plugin
 * I’m concerned about possible conflicts with these various plugins when it comes
   to login and user management.
 * So what would the WordPress gurus suggest as a good approach: a single WordPress
   installation, Multisite Network, or multiple installations of independent, single
   WordPress sites to power the above-listed components?
 * And any specific gotchas I must be aware of?
 * PS: I’ve managed WordPress sites for over a decade now. But I’m more of an infrastructure
   guy and not a developer. So, while I can certainly put the pieces together and
   fix minor issues, I can’t dive deep enough to deal with major integration/compatibility
   issues. And this being a labor of love, there’s very little funds to hire someone
   to help.

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advice-single-wordpress-multisite-network-or-multiple-wordpress-installations/#post-9239742)
 * I’ve done a site that uses all of those pluigns – apart from Learndash – on the
   same site, and I haven’t had any problems with them.
 * My only advice would be to use the BuddyPress login pages as a base because they
   seem to be a lot nicer (in my opionion at least) than the ones from the other
   plugins.

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 * Last reply from: [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
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