Title: Plugin network activate/deactivate is flipped
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugin network activate/deactivate is flipped

 *  Resolved [johnbailon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbailon/)
 * (@johnbailon)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-network-activatedeactivate-is-flipped/)
 * On network admin, all plugins that are deactivated are actually activated and
   vice-versa. Nothing really wrong other than that bug. Any ideas how to fix it?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-network-activatedeactivate-is-flipped/#post-3891439)
 * > all plugins that are deactivated are actually activated
 * The what now? Do you mean plugins that are deactived on /wp-admin/network but
   show up as active on /wp-admin/plugins.php ?
 * If so… Well. Are you SURE they were network activated?
 *  Thread Starter [johnbailon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbailon/)
 * (@johnbailon)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-network-activatedeactivate-is-flipped/#post-3891440)
 * Yes, deactivated plugins on wp-admin/network show as active on regular websites.
   
   Here’s a [screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/v1KeEcG.png). On the left, you see the
   network admin’s plugins page with 2 plugins deactivated. On the right, you see
   the regular site’s plugin page with the 2 plugins activated.
 * Am I SURE if they were network activated? No, I never said they were network 
   activated. So actually, to workaround this bug, I don’t network activate plugins
   that I want activated on the regular sites.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-network-activatedeactivate-is-flipped/#post-3891445)
 * Well then nothing’s wrong.
 * Network Admin: Plugins are not active.
 * Subsite: Someone manually activated the plugin.
 * That’s what it’s supposed to be 🙂 What’s wrong about this?
 *  Thread Starter [johnbailon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbailon/)
 * (@johnbailon)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-network-activatedeactivate-is-flipped/#post-3891449)
 * Oh! So that’s how it works. My bad.
 * My understanding was when a network admin activates or deactivates a plugin, 
   it activates or deactivates respectively the plugins on the other subsites. Thanks
   for clarifying Mika.
 *  Thread Starter [johnbailon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbailon/)
 * (@johnbailon)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-network-activatedeactivate-is-flipped/#post-3891450)
 * Marking as resolved.

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## Tags

 * [network](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network/)
 * [network activate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network-activate/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [johnbailon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbailon/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-network-activatedeactivate-is-flipped/#post-3891450)
 * Status: resolved

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