Title: Another MultiSite Issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Another MultiSite Issue

 *  [WalknFsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/walknfsh/)
 * (@walknfsh)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-multisite-issue/)
 * If running a MultiSite where there is only one site running BuddyPress (other
   than site id=1), The plugin does not show on that site’s plugin list nor can 
   you install via ‘Network Activate’ because BuddyPress is not network activated.
   You get an install error saying you must install BuddyPress. I do not install
   BuddyPress as a network activation because it slows down the server calls on 
   the non BuddyPress sites (It’s a best practice).
 * Thnx and I’ll appreciate the help/update
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-privacy/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-privacy/)

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 *  [Nick Forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickshor/)
 * (@nickshor)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-multisite-issue/#post-4928712)
 * **Same here!**
 * _Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error:
 * > You cannot enable BuddyPress Activity Privacy because BuddyPress is not active.
   > Please install and activate BuddyPress before trying to activate Buddypress
   > Activity Privacy again.
 * We appreciate your time. Thank you for reading this!
    Nio
 *  [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * (@bitpath)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-multisite-issue/#post-4928753)
 * Hi,
    I have buddypress on a child site of my multisite. It is not on the main
   site. Buddypress is active there, but this plugin does not show up anywhere but
   in the network admin plugins. I wonder why it does not even show up in the list
   of plugins to activate on child sites, especially the one buddypress is activated
   on. I think my issue is the same, the only place this is visible to activate 
   it from is the network admin, and network activating it triggers a fatal error
   because buddypress is activated on the dashboard of a different site this won’t
   show up on to activate it from. As far as I know the only reason a plugin should
   not show up on child multi sites to activate is if it’s network activated but
   this one is not and is still not showing up on the site I am trying to activate
   it on, it’s only listed in the network admin plugins where it can’t be activated.
   please advise. thank you.
 *  [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * (@bitpath)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-multisite-issue/#post-4928754)
 * For anyone having this problem, the good folks at [http://premium.wpmudev.org/](http://premium.wpmudev.org/)
   solved it for me. They advised to network activate buddypress, which was a no-
   go for me since I needed it on a certain site that was not root, then advised
   to use the following code in my wp-config.php file to define which blog I wanted
   buddypress on. So I was able to network activate buddypress and set it to the
   right multisite child blog I wanted and then network activate this privacy plugin
   fine.
    `define ( 'BP_ROOT_BLOG', $blog_id );` (replace $blog_id with the ID of
   the blog you want buddypress on. You can see which one this is by looking over
   your database and seeing which one has what number as part of the table names,
   or if you have a domain mapping plugin it may list the site IDs) Here is the 
   buddypress reference for the config options to point it to a specific site when
   it is network activated. [http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/customizing/changing-internal-configuration-settings/](http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/customizing/changing-internal-configuration-settings/)
   Cheers and good luck!

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 * [BuddyPress Activity Privacy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-privacy/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-privacy/#faq)
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 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)

 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [bitpath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitpath/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-multisite-issue/#post-4928754)
 * Status: not resolved