[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:  needs-codex needs-testing  |     Focuses:  multisite
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Changes (by invokers):

 * status:  reopened => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:30 joselawrence]:
 > I believe that the idea of separate user and user_meta table is very
 possible and would take wordpress to a whole new level, most especially
 for those that want to build WAAS using wordpress multisite (like me), if
 only the code team can take a deep look into it.
 >
 > I tested the php scripts provided by @lightningspirit and they are
 amazing. A user who uses the same username and password on multiple site
 will be able to automatically switch between those sites just like the
 single user and user_meta tables which offcourse will make maintainance
 easy for superadmins once they are using the same user name and password
 on all sites.
 >
 > The idea is for the subsite be completely independent of eachother and
 for the subsite admins not to know, but superadmins can use the same
 authentication to make management of their network easy for them. Also if
 subsite users use the same username and password accross multiple sites
 they will also be authenticated automatically when switching sites, which
 is super cool, but most amazingly they can use different password if they
 want, which is the new feature that is being added and when switching to a
 site that they have not logged into or that session is expire, they can
 put the separate password and get logged into both sites with the same
 email and user name but different sites.
 >
 > The major problem I see with the code provided by @lightningspirit is
 that if you using it, only the main site you can create user account or
 users can register for from the frontend. but for the subsites, you have
 to do it from the database or phpmyadmin. What if those users could
 register from the frontend or account be created from the frontend and the
 data be saved into the subsite user and user_meta table, FRONTEND
 REGISTRATION PLUGINS DEVELOPERS or MEMBERSHIP PLUGINS DEVELOPERS will
 definitely begin to support this new feature.
 >
 > Again, if user account for subsites could be created from the frontend
 and registration for subsites be possible from the front end it will
 really be amazing.
 > Super Administrations get their superadmin privileges accross all
 subsites once using the same username and password on all subsites, which
 can be done by replicating all superadmins to a newly created site.

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