Title: Difficulty using the plugin
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Difficulty using the plugin

 *  Resolved [Paul Yates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-yates/)
 * (@paul-yates)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-using-the-plugin/)
 * Hi,
    I have just downloaded your multisite plugin manager and am having difficulty
   using it. When I go into Plugin Management in Network Admin, all I can see are
   the unactive plugins. Do I have to deactivate all of my plugins to make them 
   visible and managegeable by your plugin? Is there any how to use documentation
   anywhere? Thanks Paul Yates
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Aaron Edwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uglyrobot/)
 * (@uglyrobot)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-using-the-plugin/#post-7104699)
 * As it says in the text at the top of that screen, network active plugins can 
   not be managed because they are already force-activated on every subsite.
 *  Thread Starter [Paul Yates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-yates/)
 * (@paul-yates)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-using-the-plugin/#post-7104741)
 * So my question still stands.
    If I want to manage them using your plugin, is 
   the preferred process to deactivate them first and then manage them with your
   plugin? Is there any documentation or help to explain this?
 *  Plugin Author [Aaron Edwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uglyrobot/)
 * (@uglyrobot)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-using-the-plugin/#post-7104748)
 * You have to network deactivate them if you want them to appear in the list so
   you can manage them per site.

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 * Last reply from: [Aaron Edwards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uglyrobot/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-using-the-plugin/#post-7104748)
 * Status: resolved