Comments on: WordPress And WordPress MU Will Merge: Good Or Bad?

By: FFXIV Gil

FFXIV Gil — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:51:24 +0000

oh yeah, this is a good idea, i am very like.

By: Lasse Heindorff

Lasse Heindorff — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:54:41 +0000

This brings two important questions to mind:

Will the new WP have the “old ordinary” WP’s vulnerabilities or the degree of security WPMU has?

In potential lieu of a secure system, will we be able to remove footprints to lower the risk of hackers finding our sites?

Regards, Lasse

By: uggs

uggs — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:19:17 +0000

about time!,very good!

By: vb grup

vb grup — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:54:36 +0000

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By: Ryan Bickett

Ryan Bickett — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:09:32 +0000

I think it is a good idea, however, I don’t want to have to wait. :-) I am in the beginning stages of building a niche website network on WPMU. Now, I wonder if I should wait? How difficult do you think the transition from WPMU to WordPress will be? Am I better going back to plain WordPress for my project?

By: will

will — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:56:54 +0000

I think I agree with Andy above, bloging for newbies is complicated enough and the internet is becoming over cluttered with rubbish as publishing becomes easier.

Maybe delivering a cut down version within the main multi user version might be a better alternative. Sort of WordPress standalone within wordPress Enterprise.

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:05:39 +0000

can you imagine a newbie getting the power of Mu?
1000 spam comments x 1000 spam blogs = 1,000,000 x more b/w!
(and about 1,000,000 more support questions)

People should have to pass a “basic knowledge” test before they can activate Mu on their blog! :-)

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:52:15 +0000

This is good, can’t wait until this happens.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:37:42 +0000

YES! Of course.

By: Piczasso

Piczasso — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:20:10 +0000

Definetely yes,yes yes! :)

By: James Bullis

James Bullis — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:41:02 +0000

Personally I am looking forward to this so I can streamline new clients. I believe that in order for projects like BuddyPress and bbPress to gain mainstream exposure that this merge is necessary.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:06:57 +0000

Definetely YEES!

By: Mike T

Mike T — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:15:52 +0000

It’s a sad statement about the state of WordPress that it actually needed to be forked in the first place to add this sort of feature.

By: Joshua Parker

Joshua Parker — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:37:08 +0000

There are definitely some pro and cons to this, however, in the long term, this will be the best move WordPress. Most popular blogging platforms have multi-user functionality built in such as Movable Type as was already mentioned. I believe this will help bring two communities together into one in order to build a stronger and better community and support. I love forward to the merger.

By: Joe Pea

Joe Pea — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:50:20 +0000

Yes! VERY GOOD IDEA! I can’t wait!! I will be able to do much more with BuddyPress and multiple blogs. This will make WordPress the most powerfull open source blogging platform ever!

By: deuts

deuts — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:31:21 +0000

I may have to add to the “bad”.

Shared webhosting sites, just like Dreamhost, may now get reluctant to have WordPress (as the merged codebase) in stalled in your server. Why? Because just like Dreamhost in paper they basically don’t allow you to install WordPress MU into their server, because of some resources issues. Especially if you’ll be opting for the subdomain instead of the subdirectory option.

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By: Elijah

Elijah — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:46:45 +0000

I think this is what should be done. Developing two projects which are so similar is unnecessary. It is a smart means to move forward.

As for the backend becoming more complex for newbies, well a simple option to turn on or off MU capabilities will be a feasible solution.

This change will only make the community larger and more devoted to ensuring WordPress is the most powerful open source blogging platform available.

By: Michael Leung

Michael Leung — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:50:58 +0000

Well, about time!