[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15467: Multisite with separate users table

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#15467: Multisite with separate users table
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 Reporter:  fale             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Multisite        |     Version:  3.0.1
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Ryan_B):

 I'm actually quite disappointed in seeing that this didn't gain any
 traction.  Here I am now 9 years later trying to do the same thing, for
 very much the same reasons managing multiple client sites in one
 "installation".

 @nacin brings up one could simply define a different db prefix for each
 site to do this without even implementing multisite, and for the most part
 the claim that this is effectively the same is mostly true.  There is one
 key difference I see, in the code by @lightningspirit there is one key
 feature that would not exist in simply switching db prefixes, that is a
 set of core "network admin" users that would have global access (ie for me
 and any staff I have) without having to add user accounts specific to each
 client site, IMO that would be quite useful and the tangible benefit that
 @scribu said is missing from this.  Granted it may be a rarely useful
 benefit but for those of us who would use it that would be very helpful. I
 would have liked to see this be an option even if by a define statement in
 wp-config like "define("PERSITE_USERS", true);" or something.  Or at least
 if a stable production ready plugin were available that would suffice too,
 but that's beyond my capabilities sadly.

 Anyway thats my 2 cents on this but I think in the end its probably
 something best left to a plugin because its very much an edge-case, I just
 wish someone who has a better deeper knowledge of core and how to make
 this work in a secure manner would take this up for an official plugin
 that gets actively maintained.

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