Title: Multisite Themes Folder Problem
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multisite Themes Folder Problem

 *  Resolved [Zamphatta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zamphatta/)
 * (@zamphatta)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-themes-folder-problem/)
 * I set up a localhost on Linux, with no FTP (so I can’t upload a zipped theme),
   and installed WordPress 3.2.1 on it. I’ve bee developing in WordPress for years,
   but this is my first time trying the multisite setup.
 * I manually added new themes (unzipped_ of course) into wp-content/themes, but
   when I go to the Network Admin themes page (network/themes.php) though, only 
   the Twenty Ten & Twenty Eleven themes show as being installed.
 * I tried a little Googling, but couldn’t find any answer to this, though I did
   stumble across others who’re having the same problem.
 * Does Multisite require a different location for themes? Is this a permissions
   problem? What am I missing?

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 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-themes-folder-problem/#post-2184910)
 * Go to Network Admin -> Themes. Enable the themes you want to see on every site
   in the network.
 * And yes, on a localhost you just drop the theme folders in the right spot. (the
   same as single site).
 * you basically missed the network admin menu. newly installed themes are network
   disabled by default.
 *  Thread Starter [Zamphatta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zamphatta/)
 * (@zamphatta)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-themes-folder-problem/#post-2184918)
 * Ok, I’m in Network Admin -> Themes, and all I see is that the Twenty Eleven theme
   is enabled, and the Twenty Ten theme is disabled. The other themes in wp-content/
   themes aren’t listed under disabled, enabled, or all.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-themes-folder-problem/#post-2184919)
 * And they aren’t nested in subfolders under wp-content/themes/ ?
    And they have
   the same permissions on the files and folders as the default themes?
 *  Thread Starter [Zamphatta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zamphatta/)
 * (@zamphatta)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-themes-folder-problem/#post-2184941)
 * Aaahhhh ha! Thank you Andrea! I just chmod’d them to match the Twenty Eleven &
   Ten themes, and now they show up.
 * Apparently when I transferred the theme folders from Windows Vista to a thumb
   drive to Linux, they have different permissions than the Linux created folders.
 * For anybody coming across this issue down the road, just do this:
 * `chmod -R 755 mythemefolder`
 * I thought that WP would simply see any folders owned by me, since the server 
   was able to see them, so I didn’t realize I had to chmod them to match the group&
   world settings.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-themes-folder-problem/#post-2184975)
 * Yep. 🙂 Slightly weird and picky thing multisite does.

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## Tags

 * [chmod](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/chmod/)
 * [folder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/folder/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [network](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network/)
 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)
 * [Themes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/themes/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-themes-folder-problem/#post-2184975)
 * Status: resolved

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