Having Multiple Instances of a Site Open for Different Users

Multi-User Site Management

I'm not really all that WordPress savvy. I was trying to figure out how to tell which user I had opened my website with because I assumed I had opened my site with two separate users.

Come to find out, this isn't possible.

How Do I Know?

I know this because I discovered how to tell which user I had my website opened with. It's really basic and simple once you know. But, if you don't know and you aren't really all that tech-savvy, it's not quite so obvious.

I asked in chat if anyone knew how to do this and nobody present could answer my question.

So I decided to experiment.

The Experiment

I had opened one of my websites with one user and then opened the same website with a different user. I knew which user I had opened each instance with because I opened the posts page with one user.

Then I looked at the user menu in the sidebar and saw the "profile" sub-tab. All of a sudden I knew the answer to my original question. This is how to tell which user has the site opened.

So I checked the profile for both instances of my site and it showed the same user... the user I opened the second instance with.

Therefore, it isn't possible to open a single site with 2 different users on the same device.

Multiple Device Dilemma

It may very well be possible to open 2 instances of the same site on different devices such as another PC, a laptop or even my phone. I may experiment with my phone, although I don't like doing such things with my phone. It's what I have my computer for. And my laptop died on me last year.

My curiosity may get the better of me and I will conduct another experiment unless someone knows the answer to my dilemma.

Suffice it to say that I am happy I discovered how to tell which user I've opened my site with. But I am not so happy because the reason I wanted to know this in the first place is a moot point since I can't have 2 instances of my site opened on my computer without going through a bunch of extra stuff like using a sandbox etc.

But, at least I did learn something.

Thanks for reading,
RL, AKA Skillit