Title: Network Subsite User Registration
Author: Justin Fletcher
Published: <strong>2017-03-07</strong>
Last modified: 2025-04-17

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# Network Subsite User Registration

 By [Justin Fletcher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justinticktock/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/network-subsite-user-registration.4.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/#installation)
 * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/network-subsite-user-registration/)

## Description

The ‘Network Subsite User Registration’ (NSUR) plugin removes the WordPress Multisite
restriction that registration is on the Network main site, subsite Administrators
can now allow user registration for their site only.

WordPress Network (Multisite) installations by default only allow user registration
for the whole Network, e.g. users can only register for the main site and not the
other sites on the network. The ‘Network Subsite User Registration’ plugin allows
local admins of sub-sites within the Network/Multisite the ability to enable user
registration themselves for their site.

The role by default that a new user receives is ‘subscriber’, however, there is 
a setting which allows you to define a different initial role (per sub-site) that
a user receives after registration.

@Developers – If you want to use your own template you can override the template
used for the ../local-signup page by creating a template with the file ‘page-signup.
php’ and add this to either the parent or child theme.

#### Plugin site

[https://justinandco.com/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/](https://justinandco.com/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/)

#### GitHub – Development

[https://github.com/justinticktock/network-subsite-user-registration](https://github.com/justinticktock/network-subsite-user-registration)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The Settings Screen for user registration.
 * [[
 * An example of Network Settings allowing users to be registered.
 * [[
 * An example of Network Settings allowing both sites and users to be registered.

## Installation

 1. Go to site dashboard ‘My Sites’ > ‘Network Admin’ > ‘Plugins’
 2. Click on the ‘Add New’ button
 3. search for ‘Network Subsite User Registration’ and install
 4. Network Activate the plugin

To Manually install follow these steps..

 1. [Download](https://wordpress.org/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/) the
    plugin.zip file
 2. Go to site dashboard ‘My Sites’ > ‘Network Admin’ > ‘Plugins’
 3. Click on the ‘Add New’ button
 4. Click on the ‘Upload Plugin’ button
 5. follow instructions to upload the zip file and install
 6. Network Activate the plugin

Once installed to allow the public to register with a site within the Network..

 1. Set Network wide user registration within the Dashboard goto [Network Admin] > 
    Settings > under ‘Registration Settings’ configure to allow User accounts to be
    registered.
 2. Within the Dashboard/Admin of each site that you wish to enable user registration
    to [Site Admin] > [Users] > Registration and enable the setting.
 3. The Public will now be able to register and login with only the sites that you 
    set within the step (2) above.

## FAQ

Q1) In sub site user registration, I have found that users get redirected the registration
page of main site to register, will this happen with this plugin?

A1) This plugin will give the user the experience of remaining on the subsite that
they are registering on. The activation of the new user does continue to be on the
Network but this happens behind the scenes all they will see is they belong to the
subsite. If you register on the site at [justinandco.com/demo/](https://justinandco.com/demo/)
you’ll see it in action you will be given access as subscriber to the demo subsite
only and not to the Network Main site “justinandco.com. If you wish to see it in
action for a second sub-site on the same Network (optionally logout first and..)
register also on the site at [justinandco.com/demo2/](https://justinandco.com/demo2/)

Q2) Currently standard multisite functionality when a user attempts to register 
an account on a second subsite they get a message saying that the username and email
already exists even though in their minds they have never been to this site before.
Can the plugin handle registration on a second, third… subsite?

A2) Yes the plugin handles registration on more than one sub-site within the same
network.

So for the case where a user has already registered on subsite1 of the Network and
they register on subsite2 with the same username and a different email address they
will see the message “_Sorry, that username already exists!_“.

This is since the plugin uses the email address as the uniqueness and proof that
it’s the same user. However, if they register on subsite2 using the same email address
for registration then they are automatically given an account on subsite2. Also 
once registered all subsites that they belong to on the Network are then listed 
on the screen (e.g. subsite1, subsite2 …etc) as confirmation that they are now also
a registered user on subsite2.

Note: If the username given for subsite2 registration is different from their subsite1
username then the username provided is ignored so that subsite1 and subsite2 have
the same original username (which is associated with the email address already).

### I just can’t seem to find a way to get SMTP working with this plugin, what can I do?

This has been seen a few times in the forum, one proven solution is:
 * use [plugin wp-mail-smtp](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/)*
Do NOT network activate SMTP and you don’t need to add anything extra to the wp-
config file

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Work as imagined](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/work-as-imagined/)󠁿

 [Uri Lazcano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/urielink/) 2023-12-19

Ideal for maintaining control over users.

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### 󠀁[Excellent tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-tool-441/)󠁿

 [amunera](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amunera/) 2023-12-08

Without major conflicts with other applications.

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### 󠀁[Does what it promisses](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-promisses-8/)󠁿

 [robhoe1965](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robhoe1965/) 2023-02-16

Does what it promisses

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Must have tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-have-tool-20/)󠁿

 [av10ex](https://profiles.wordpress.org/av10ex/) 2023-01-22

This tool has really saved my day on my multisite. I have struggled somewhat with
lost password issues going to main site, but I found solution for that as well.

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### 󠀁[NSUR: For Sure!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nsur-for-sure/)󠁿

 [acesuares](https://profiles.wordpress.org/acesuares/) 2023-01-08

Very useful and it works like a charm!

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### 󠀁[It works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-2336/)󠁿

 [jottemm](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jottemm/) 2022-11-16

I cannot find anything to say. It works. And I want not missing it.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Network Subsite User Registration” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Justin Fletcher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justinticktock/)
 *   [ keycapability ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keycapability/)

“Network Subsite User Registration” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you
to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Network Subsite User Registration” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/network-subsite-user-registration)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/network-subsite-user-registration/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/network-subsite-user-registration/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/network-subsite-user-registration/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/network-subsite-user-registration/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

Change log is maintained on [the plugin website](https://justinandco.com/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration-change-log/)

## Meta

 *  Version **4.1**
 *  Last updated **1 ел ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
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 * Tags
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   [register](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/register/)[signup](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/signup/)
   [User Registration](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-registration/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/network-subsite-user-registration/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Justin Fletcher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justinticktock/)
 *   [ keycapability ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keycapability/)

## Support

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