Title: Network activating a plugin Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Network activating a plugin * [Bence](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charybdis/) * (@charybdis) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-activating-a-plugin/) * Hi, * I have two questions on network activation! * 1) Is the network activation support automatic, or a plugin developer must implement this feature in the code of the plugin? So do all the plugins support the network activation, or not? * I see that there is no network activate button under the “Hello Dolly” plugin, the reason is that the plugin explicitly forbids the network activation, or what? * And for example the Google XML Sitemaps plugin claims: “This release is not compatible with the new multisite feature of WordPress 3.0 yet. The plugin will remain inactive as long as this feature is enabled.” * Does it mean that I cannot network activate this plugin? But I installed the Google XML Sitemaps plugin, and I see the “Network Activate” button under it, so I am confused! If I would now hit the “Network Activate” button under this plugin, this would break things? * 2) What about this bug? [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14170](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14170) * > When you do a network activation of a plugin, register_activation_hook() fires > only for the current site. > This causes plugins to behave incorrectly on every other site. * What? So network activation is currently broken? I found this plugin: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/proper-network-activation/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/proper-network-activation/) * So do I need to use that plugin if I want network activate plugins? Thanks! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-activating-a-plugin/#post-1575757) * 1 – I have network activation under the Hello Dolly plugin. But you made me check! * 2 – that plugin is meant to over come the fault that when activating for all blogs, the register_activation_hook is not run for each and every one. * It isn’t needed for all plugins, just those that use register_activation_hook, so it will affect a lot, but not all plugins. * Thread Starter [Bence](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charybdis/) * (@charybdis) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-activating-a-plugin/#post-1575769) * Oops, I have the network activation button under the Hello Dolly plugin, too 🙂 So all the plugins have this feature? I mean if I write a plugin, then I can network activate it without any extra code in the plugin, because WordPress can automagically network activate any plugin? * Ok, and which plugins use the register_activation_hook? 🙂 * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-activating-a-plugin/#post-1575781) * > I mean if I write a plugin, then I can network activate it without any extra > code in the plugin, because WordPress can automagically network activate any > plugin? * Yes and no. * You CAN, but it still may not work. Best to test it first 🙂 Some plugins just DO NOT work network. * > which plugins use the register_activation_hook? 🙂 * Too many to tell. This is like asking ‘Which plugins use the word ‘Monday’ in their readme.’ 🙂 * Thread Starter [Bence](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charybdis/) * (@charybdis) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-activating-a-plugin/#post-1575785) * Looks like the [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14170](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14170) bug is critical. Why is it postponed into 3.1? * I will install the “Proper Network Activation” plugin, it cannot cause harm… And I remove it after that bug is fixed. * > When running WordPress MultiSite, you have a very handy feature called network > activation. It allows you to activate a plugin for the entire network of sites. > The trouble is that it only does half the job. > Some plugins have an install procedure that is meant to be run only on activation. > However, when you do a network activation, that install procedure is only run > for the current site. So, you end up with plugins not working properly on all > the other sites. > What this plugin does: > * when doing a network de/activation, it triggers the de/activation hook on > all sites in the network > * when creating a new site, it triggers the activation > hook for all active network plugins on that site * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-activating-a-plugin/#post-1575836) * just remember it isn’t suitable for larger MultiSite installations. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Network activating a plugin’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [network activation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network-activation/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: Anonymous User * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-activating-a-plugin/#post-1575836) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics