Network Activated Themes and Plugins Not Available in Subdomain Site

  • I have network activated some of the themes and plugins in the Network Dashboard of a main site, but when I go to the new sub-site dashboard under themes or plugins, I can’t find the network activated themes or plugins. Also, I can even add new themes or plugins, with I’m NOT supposed to be able to do (sub-site acting more like an independent site than a networked site).

    Is there something I need to configure on the subsite dashboard (or any of the dashboards)? Or is there something in the wp-config that needs to be adjusted?

    Another note: the format of the main site address is https://www.example.com while the subdomain site is https://subdomain.example.com…BUT…typing in the address with wp-admin, the address is automatically changed to https://www.example.com/subdomain in the address bar. I don’t know if this has anything to do with it. Thanks in advance.

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  • Thread Starter achanne

    (@achanne)

    To make a long story short:
    I am NOT supposed to be able to install themes and plugins on the admin panel of the sub-site, even as an admin or super-admin…BUT I CAN. Is there a way to correct this?

    Thread Starter achanne

    (@achanne)

    I think the problem is that I installed a separate WordPress in the subdomain folder and created a new database for that install. So, I’m guessing there should be no need for a new WP install or a separate database?

    I’ve often thought to myself that it would be very cool to be able to connect several WordPress installs into a multisite. Especially when I consider my piddling little servers that fit my budget so well and how stringing several of them together into a single network would be sensible in so many ways.

    But, that’s not how multisite works as documented.

    It’s one install running a bunch of websites… I’m amazed that it works as well as it does when you get to the size of something like WordPress dot COM. It’s beyond my comprehension to even imagine that even with server clustering and that humbles me to the point of understanding the process where many people get confused by a multisite. I’ve been asked questions that make me laugh and then I stop and think again, “Wow, what a great idea, really.’

    I’m retired, disabled, 66 years old and would give a pretty penny to spend a couple of weeks working around some huge network like WordPress dot COM just to get an idea of how they do that.

    Maybe, one of these days, I’ll look deeper into that subject and maybe (just maybe) come up with a way to do so.

    In the meantime, I now understand your problem better and I’ve got to say, ‘Your on the right track but slightly lost here’.

    There’s a built-in ability in WordPress to map domain names into the WordPress multisite and that right there can confuse people. That wasn’t always there… and maybe that helped me to understand it quicker when I had to add a plugin back in the early days to make that domain mapping happen… and I wound up with empty subdirectories and issues when I added a domain to my first multisite.

    That and my experience in running a bunch of fairly simplified webservers early on…

    So, no, the multisite network can’t talk to any other WordPress install as if it was a part of its network. Maybe it should.

    Go back and look over the documentation, figure it out, and reach out with your questions…

    And if you discover anything cool? Tell the rest of us. That’s how it works.
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