Title: Proper Network Activation
Author: scribu
Published: <strong>July 8, 2010</strong>
Last modified: March 14, 2013

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Proper Network Activation

 By [scribu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/proper-network-activation.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/proper-network-activation/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/proper-network-activation/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/proper-network-activation/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/proper-network-activation/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/proper-network-activation/)

## Description

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

Links: [Plugin News](http://scribu.net/wordpress/proper-network-activation) | [Author’s Site](http://scribu.net)

#### Development

 * Contribute Code at [https://github.com/scribu/wp-proper-network-activation](https://github.com/scribu/wp-proper-network-activation)
 * Contribute Translations at [https://translate.foe-services.de/projects/proper-network-activation](https://translate.foe-services.de/projects/proper-network-activation)

## Installation

 1. Download and unzip
 2. Put the proper-network-activation.php file in /wp-content/mu-plugins/

OR:

 1. Install automatically from the WordPress admin
 2. Activate it network wide

## FAQ

  Error on activation: “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected…”

Make sure your host is running PHP 5. The only foolproof way to do this is to add
this line to wp-config.php (after the opening `<?php` tag):

    ```
    var_dump(PHP_VERSION);
    ```

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f8d7b0c6ee9fc3f51222a58a28d149063c4bc6461cb86e6f93c6972a73f4b166?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[2019- It seems to work or wp updated the process](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2019-it-seems-to-work-or-wp-updated-the-process/)󠁿

 [joeyjosay](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joeyjosay/) September 16, 2019

From what I can tell, all my plugin activate properly in 2019. Is it from wp core
doing it properly or is it the plugin still working… I don’t know but everything
is ok… sooooooo…

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3d171d7cacb334020cf7ff32d147cc6ca5401516ee9ace9499bf2ebcdd8579fe?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[wrong submit…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-properly-with-452/)󠁿

 [vlasterx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vlasterx/) September 3, 2016

wrong submit… someone delete this comment.

 [ Read all 7 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/proper-network-activation/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Proper Network Activation” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ scribu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)

[Translate “Proper Network Activation” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/proper-network-activation)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/proper-network-activation/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/proper-network-activation/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/proper-network-activation/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/proper-network-activation/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.5

 * full internationalization support + German translation. props cfoellmann

#### 1.0.4

 * more obvious user messages
 * fixed notice

#### 1.0.3

 * prevent double activation for current blog
 * WP 3.1 compatibility

#### 1.0.2

 * fix fatal error due to undefined html() function

#### 1.0.1

 * activate 5 sites a time, via AJAX requests

#### 1.0

 * initial release
 * [more info](http://scribu.net/wordpress/proper-network-activation/pna-1-0.html)

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.5**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/proper-network-activation/)
 * Tags
 * [activation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/activation/)[admin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)
   [multisite](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multisite/)[plugins](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugins/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/proper-network-activation/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.3 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ scribu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scribu/)

## Support

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