Title: Cannot create Groups after activating this plugin
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Cannot create Groups after activating this plugin

 *  [Kai_CA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kai_ca/)
 * (@kai_ca)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-groups-after-activating-this-plugin/)
 * I received an error message after I activated this plugin and tried to create
   new group. It says “There was an error saving group details. Please try again.”
   However, when I deactivate the plugin, I can create and save the group no problem.
   Any idea what may have caused this error and how to fix it?
    Currently I also
   have below plugins installed for the site. bbPress version 2.5.8 BuddyPress version
   2.4.3
 * This plugin is currently saved in the same folder as the other plugins under 
   the wp-content/plugins directory. I saw on the plugin install page it was specified
   to do below but I am not sure how relevant that is to the version of WP, BP I
   have so have not done that. Are these steps still required?
 * *If you already have/had BP active on your sub networks:
 * 1) deactivate BuddyPress on your sub network(s).
    2)Edit your database and remove
   the bp- settings for the subnetwork from wp_sitemeta and wp_X_options where X
   is the blog ID of the main site in your sub network.
 * Thanks for the help in advance.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-multi-network/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-multi-network/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-groups-after-activating-this-plugin/#post-7154918)
 * > This plugin is currently saved in the same folder as the other plugins under
   > the wp-content/plugins directory.
 * The installation instructions say to install the plugin in the wp-content/mu-
   plugins folder. It does not work when installed in the plugins folder.
 * > Are these steps still required?
   > *If you already have/had BP active on your sub networks:
 * Yes. Other than bug fixes there have been no changes made to this plugin since
   it was written.
 *  Thread Starter [Kai_CA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kai_ca/)
 * (@kai_ca)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-groups-after-activating-this-plugin/#post-7154983)
 * Hi,
    Thanks for the quick response. I followed the direction to save this plugin
   under mu-plugins folder that I made under wp-content. Now, I am not very clear
   about what I should be removing from the wp_sitemeta & wp_X_options. I browsed
   these two tables but did not see entries that has bp- leading; can you give me
   more specific examples of what I should be looking for to remove from the database?
   Really appreciate your help as I am new to wordpress!
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-groups-after-activating-this-plugin/#post-7155009)
 * Search your database for ‘bp-‘.

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 * Last reply from: [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-create-groups-after-activating-this-plugin/#post-7155009)
 * Status: not resolved