Short Description

Beyond Multisite helps WordPress multisite network administrators to better control, protect, and clean their network.

Features

Plugin Control Module(view documentation)

  • Network disable plugins
    – Disabled plugins are hidden from site administrators on the plugins screen (so they cannot activate/deactivate)
    – Site enable plugins to allow plugin activation/deactivation for only some sites
  • Bulk activate/deactivate plugins
    – Target all or some sites by ID

Cleanup Module(view documentation)

  • Bulk delete comments
    – Target all or some sites by ID
    – Target sites with at least X comments
    – Delete comments based on age, status, or containing a URL
  • Bulk delete revisions
    – Target all or some sites by ID
    – Leave recent revisions
  • Bulk delete sites
    – Target empty or old sites
    – Target by attribute or site ID
    – Permanent or soft deletion
    – Delete now or schedule a future deletion
    – Notify site admins for a scheduled deletion and allow cancellation
    – Choose maximum email notification sending speed
  • Bulk delete leftover database tables
    – They belong to permanently deleted sites
  • Bulk delete users without a role in any site

Copy Maker Module(view documentation)

  • Copy Sites
    – Fully duplicate a site, except the main site
    – Internal links are updated to the new site URL
    – A detailed debug log is generated
  • Automatically replace newly created sites with a copy of a template site
    – Options to copy or not: users, site title, site admin email
    – Internal links are updated and a log is generated like in normal site copying
    – The Super Administrator chooses the template site in the options (not the user), and it cannot be the main site

Activated in Module(view documentation)

  • View sites that have activated a plugin
  • View sites that have activated a theme

Pending Users Module(view documentation)

  • Manage non-activated signups
    – Activate signup
    – Resend activation email
    – Delete signup
    – Search by username or email

Ban Users Module(view documentation)

  • View user last IP address and country
    – Quick links to IP blacklist information sites
    – Find users with the same IP address as a chosen user
  • Ban users and their IP address
    – The ban denies login, signup, and commenting
    – Ban permanently or for 7, 30, or 90 days
    – Users must login once while the plugin is active (to detect IP)

Insert HTML Module(view documentation)

  • Insert HTML globally
    – Target all or some sites by ID
    – Insert in head (before ) or footer (before )
    – Insert on front-end and/or back-end

Captcha Module(view documentation)

  • Protect WordPress forms with a customizable captcha
    – Easy to read by humans, hard to read by spam bots
    – Choose character set: numbers, letters, or both
    – Choose character count: 3, 4, or 5
    – Choose captcha image height: 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, or 120 pixels
    – Choose which forms to protect:
         – Blog signup
         – User signup
         – Login
         – Lost password
         – Reset password
         – Comment

Email Users Module(view documentation)

  • Bulk send emails to multisite users
    – Target users by ID or role (including custom roles) in all or some sites
    – Unsubscribe via a link or a profile setting
    – Shortcodes for user names, username, user sites
    – Choose maximum sending speed
    – Emails are sent in small chunks
    – Export emails to use elsewhere

Improvements Module(view documentation)

  • Various improvements
    – Show user ID and site ID in the network users and sites pages
    – Hide plugin meta (version, author, etc.) from site administrators
    – Automatically delete leftover database tables on permanent site deletion
    – Show an icon for sites that disallow search engine indexing
    – Show a role icon for each user site in the network users page
    – Option to turn on/off any of the improvements

Client Reviews

Translations

Everything in Beyond Multisite, except the log generated when copying a site, is translatable. A POT file is included. Read translation instructions. Completed Bulgarian translation files are also included.

Requirements

  • WordPress 4.6 or higher
  • WordPress multisite enabled

FAQ

Q: Does it support Multi-Networks (Networks of Multisite Networks)?
  • A: It has never been tested in such an environment.
Q: Does the plugin create any cookies?
  • A: No. However if a future version starts using cookies, I will mention it here and in the changelog.

Documentation

Online documentation can be found here.

Icon License

The circular flat icons used in some images on this page and in the video preview are licensed under GPL. The source is Elegant Themes.

Any questions or suggestions?

Feel free to ask any questions or suggest features in the comments or via email: nikolay@nikolaydev.com

Currently Tested Up To

These are the highest versions of WordPress and PHP where I have tested the plugin. They are not required, it will work with lower versions too. It could also work with higher versions, but it is not tested at this time on higher ones.
WordPress 6.0
PHP 8.0.3

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Changelog

Beyond Multisite 1.14.1 – 19 January 2022

IMPROVED: Replaced most global variables with either constants or super global array elements, to improve WP-CLI compatibility.
FIXED: Tasks for emailing users or scheduling site deletions could not be created if there was…