{"id":147337,"date":"2023-04-25T15:43:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/advanced-administration\/multisite\/admin\/settings\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:30:49","slug":"settings","status":"publish","type":"adv-admin-handbook","link":"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/advanced-administration\/multisite\/admin\/settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Admin Settings Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Network Admin Settings<\/strong> is where a network admin sets and changes settings for the network as a whole. The first site is the main site in the network and network settings are pulled from that original site\u2019s options.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2020\/02\/superadmin-options.png?fit=1024%2C751&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Operational Settings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Network Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What you would like to call this website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Network Admin Email<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registration and support emails will come from this address. An address such as <em>support@example.com<\/em> is recommended.<\/p>\n<h2>Registration Settings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Allow new registrations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disable or enable registration and who or what can be registered. (Default is disabled.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Registration is disabled. (default)<\/li>\n<li>User accounts may be registered.<\/li>\n<li>Logged in users may register new sites.<\/li>\n<li>Both sites and user accounts can be registered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Registration notification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Send the network admin an email notification every time someone registers a site or user account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Add New Users<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Allow site administrators to add new users to their site via the &#8220;Users -&gt; Add New&#8221; page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Banned Names<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are not allowed to register these sites. Separate names by spaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limited Email Registrations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to limit site registrations to certain domains. Enter one domain per line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Banned Email Domains<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to ban domains from site registrations. Enter one domain per line.<\/p>\n<h2>New Site Settings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Welcome Email<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>The welcome email sent to new site owners.\n\nDear User,\n\nYour new SITE_NAME blog has been successfully set up at:\nBLOG_URL\n\nYou can log in to the administrator account with the following information:\nUsername: USERNAME\nPassword: PASSWORD\nLogin Here: BLOG_URLwp-login.php\n\nWe hope you enjoy your new blog.\nThanks!\n\n--The Team @ SITE_NAME\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Welcome User Email<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>The welcome email sent to new users.\n\nDear User,\n\nYour new account is set up.\n\nYou can log in with the following information:\nUsername: USERNAME\nPassword: PASSWORD\nLOGINLINK\n\nThanks!\n\n--The Team @ SITE_NAME\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>First Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first post on a new site.<\/p>\n<pre><code>Welcome to &lt;a href=\"SITE_URL\"&gt;SITE_NAME&lt;\/a&gt;. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>First Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first page on a new site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Comment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first comment on a new site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Comment Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The author of the first comment on a new site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Comment URL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The URL for the first comment on a new site.<\/p>\n<h2>Upload Settings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Site upload space<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Limit total size of files uploaded to [ 50 ] MB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upload file types<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Default is <code>jpg jpeg png gif mp3 mov avi wmv midi mid pdf m2ts<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Adding arbitrary file types will not work unless a corresponding function is also hooked to <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/reference\/hooks\/upload_mimes\/\">upload_mimes<\/a> filter. See the <code>wp_get_mime_types<\/code> function in <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/WordPress\/blob\/master\/wp-includes\/functions.php\">wp-includes\/functions.php<\/a> for the current default set of supported mime-types \/ file extensions. Adding mime types in the &#8216;upload file types&#8217; field not listed in the default set will <strong>NOT<\/strong> work unless you&#8217;ve added them using the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/reference\/hooks\/upload_mimes\/\">upload_mimes<\/a> filter! Uploading files with mime types not supported (without adding them using the filter) will fail with the message &#8220;Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max upload file size<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Default is [ 1500 ] KB.<\/p>\n<h2>Language Settings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Default Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Default is English.<\/p>\n<h2>Menu Settings<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Enable administration menus<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plugins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On WordPress Multisite the default setting for plugins is disabled. 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