Title: Multisite Parent Theme Update Roadblock
Last modified: April 2, 2020

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# Multisite Parent Theme Update Roadblock

 *  Resolved [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/)
 * (@josephdickson)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-parent-theme-update-roadblock/)
 * The problem:
    When a website has a large network of 100+ sites using a custom
   parent theme. That theme can’t be updated in place without doing the following
   from the Dashboard.
 * The current workflow.
    1. Activate another theme on each child site, one at a time.
    2. Delete Parent Theme
    3. Upload an updated version of the Parent Theme
    4. Manually reactivate each child theme, one at a time.
 * If WordPress would allow for updating a Parent theme that’s currently active 
   from the dashboard that would be a huge help to multisite users with dashboard
   only access.
 * Note: I realize there are workarounds for doing this via FTP, WP-CLI, folder 
   access over a local network, SSH. That’s something I don’t have access to in 
   this case.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/).
      Reason: brevity
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/).
      Reason: brevity
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/).

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-parent-theme-update-roadblock/#post-12619626)
 * Does this plugin work on Multisite?
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades/)
 *  Thread Starter [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/)
 * (@josephdickson)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-parent-theme-update-roadblock/#post-12619773)
 * Joy, you’re my hero!
 * It worked on localhost multisite.
 * But alas didn’t on my live host. I suspect I may have a hosting issue so I’m 
   going to mark this solved because its a me problem 😀
 * You’re the best.
 * Thanks,
    Joe
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/).

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-parent-theme-update-roadblock/#post-12619773)
 * Status: resolved

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