Title: Automatically create multiple sites within multisite Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Automatically create multiple sites within multisite * [jsp404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsp404/) * (@jsp404) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/) * Hello * I am wanting to set up multisite to house about 70 sites that will have the same theme, categories, menu structure (although, this structure should be relative to each subdirectory – i.e. The mene on site1 will have links to site1 and the menu on site2 will link to site2). * Ultimately, the content will be the only thing that differs on each site. I will have a static base domain that simply shows links to each of the 70 sites. I will use subdirectories rather than subdomains. * example.com (static page) example.com/site1 example.com/site2 etc * If I understand Multisite correctly I can build the taxonomy structure, a relative menu, plugins (and their settings) etc and then deploy this quickly across the 70 sites. * So my questions: * 1. Have I understood the capabilities of Multisite corectly? * 2. If so, is there a way to batch create the 70 sites from a list, rather than adding individual pages one at a time? * Many thanks Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [Kishore Murthy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkmfirefly/) * (@dkmfirefly) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615720) * > Have I understood the capabilities of Multisite corectly? * Yes. * > If so, is there a way to batch create the 70 sites from a list, rather than > adding individual pages one at a time? 1. You can create one site with all the pages, etc. 2. Export that content as an xml(navigate to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Export’) 3. Create your new site as a subdirectory 4. Import that content (navigate to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Import’) * - It may ask you may have to install ‘WordPress Importer’ plugin. Install it. upload the xml file you had saved earlier. * - Repeat process for each new site * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615723) * Therre is a plugin being built to clone sites like that, but I don’t believe it’s done yet. * [CJWolff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cjwolff/) * (@cjwolff) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615774) * [@ipstenu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * I could really use that plugin 🙂 or inheritance. * [maxi_k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxi_k/) * (@maxi_k) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615833) * Hi, I tried that export-import method. It exported alright and I checked that all categories and sun-categories were exported. But the import left out most of the sub-categories. * Is there something I might be doing wrong. I have tried it three timws with the same result each time. It imports the categories *and sub-categories) in alphabetical order up to letter D, then gives a message that “It’s All Done”. * Best wishes * maxi_k —— * [Kishore Murthy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkmfirefly/) * (@dkmfirefly) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615891) * [@maxi_k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxi_k/): [Here is a solution](http://mansurovs.com/tech/wordpress-does-not-import-categories-and-tags). Give it a try and let us know if it worked. * [Tom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/godsdead/) * (@godsdead) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615941) * I need this exact same thing, Do you know if this plugin was created Ipstenu? Its been 10 months… and im only just starting on my multisite project, i need settings to be imported automatically when i create a new website… thanks! * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615942) * This? * wpebooks.com/replicator/ Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Automatically create multiple sites within multisite’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [batch](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/batch/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 7 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-create-multiple-sites-within-multisite/#post-1615942) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics