1000 sites: MultiSite as an intranet hosting platform

With Tom Sommerville in the Beginner Developer track

Case study of OPSpedia, which uses WordPress MultiSite as a hosting platform for numerous Ministry and enterprise intranets, as well as a blogging platform and professional networking site for Government of Ontario employees.

Intended audience: MultiSite users or wannabes; people using WordPress to host intranets and/or employee networking tools.

Learning Outcomes

  • Use WordPress as a hosting platform for multiple intranets in a large organization
  • Juggle the demands of multiple stakeholders in a complex enterprise environment
  • Integrate open source and custom plug-ins into the WordPress MultiSite platform
  • Structure a Scrum-based (agile) development methodology to support numerous theme developers across the enterprise
  • Support multiple content contribution models among multiple stakeholder groups