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I want to make a wordpress site for an organization (main) that has many departments. The requirements are

  1. There is only one website ( or maybe same theme for the main site and its department site)
  2. There are some categories such as news, events or other articles.
  3. If writer from department post a news, it has to appear on main site in news section.
  4. If writer from department post an event, it has to appear as well on main site but in event section.
  5. User can visit department site that only contains news and events about that department
  6. A Writer can post a news and event for main site that is not related to any departments.

I have considered to use Multisite but the challenge is I can't find any plugins to retrieve post from another site for specific category (news or event).

If I use a single wordpress, I have to think about how to display single page (I assume department is category or tag) with specific news and event widget that related to the department.

What is the best way in wordpress to achieve those requirements?

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Hi and welcome, your Question is too broad. Please read this: How to Ask, and also the FAQ. Close voting as not constructive. – brasofilo Nov 22 '12 at 15:33
Sorry if you think that it is too broad. I've done my best to explain the question very detailed. That's why I made six bullet list. Thanks. – bhoo-day Nov 23 '12 at 2:03
Sorry, I misinterpreted you question, answer provided. – brasofilo Nov 28 '12 at 2:07
No, I agree with the original statement, this question is too broad and open ended. I immediatley see the "How do I show posts from other sites in multisite?" question, and knowing that is vital pre-requisite research for what you're doing. You would be best either editing this question to match that or asking it separately – Tom J Nowell May 3 at 9:09
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Otherwise this question has no right or wrong answer, and as a result doesnt fit into the format of this site – Tom J Nowell May 3 at 9:09

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First, reasons for not using Multisite. And reasons to use it.

My guess is that you don't need it, and that all can be contained inside a single WordPress.

Each Department would have a Custom Post Type. And the Organization keeps the default Post post type.

All of them share the same categories (news, events, others).

When showing a Department, the Query is done over the CPT and the desired categories. Same for the Organization.

Then, you'll have to configure/adjust the theme and use the Template Hierarchy to display the main posts and the custom post types accordingly.

Case many Writers are involved, an extra touch is making custom roles and capabilities. So, each Writer of each Department can only access the correspondent CPT.

Plugins of interest:

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