Title: Cannot network activate
Last modified: September 12, 2021

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# Cannot network activate

 *  Resolved [thecodeassassin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecodeassassin/)
 * (@thecodeassassin)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-network-activate/)
 * Hello,
 * When we try to activate w3-total-cache we get the following error:
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Please network activate W3 Total Cache when using WordPress Multisite.
 * We **are** trying to network activate it but it fails with the error above. We
   are using the latest version.
 * Screenshots:
    [https://tca0.nl/1qn](https://tca0.nl/1qn) [https://tca0.nl/8vA](https://tca0.nl/8vA)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-network-activate/#post-14865687)
 * Hello [@thecodeassassin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecodeassassin/)
 * I am sorry about the issue you are experiencing and I am happy to assist you 
   with this.
    Can you please check the error log on your server and see what may
   have caused the Fatal error? Make sure to enable [WP_DEBUG](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
   and check the log. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [thecodeassassin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecodeassassin/)
 * (@thecodeassassin)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-network-activate/#post-14869206)
 * Hello Marko,
 * I tried downgrading to 2.1.6 and it installed just fine, then upgraded to 2.1.8.
   I’ll try to reproduce it with database backup when I have a bit more time later.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-network-activate/#post-14869916)
 * Hello [@thecodeassassin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecodeassassin/)
 * Thank you for the information and I am glad to know you managed to activate W3TC.
   
   We are working on some fixes for the bugs found in W3TC 2.1.8 and this will be
   patched soon. Thank you for your patience.

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 * Last reply from: [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-network-activate/#post-14869916)
 * Status: resolved