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Plugins in MU-plugins folder don’t show

Hi, I’m new to WPMU and I am wondering about the installations instructions.

If I upload the plugins into the MU-plugin folder as instructed, how can I activate them? They don’t show in my plugins dashboard. Only the ones in the regular plugins folder are displayed.

All I can do is upload them into the regular plugins folder, activate them there and then activate them sitewide. I checked – they are not copied or transfered to the MU-plugins folder but remain in the plugins folder.

This makes me wonder…

do I have to manually add the plugins ALSO into the MU-folder or is it o.k. to leave it like this?

Are the installation instructions outdated and refer to a previous MU release? Or is this a theme related issue that I somehow cannot directly access the MU-plugins folder?

And what happens if I don’t want to use a plugin "sitewide" but have this feature only for my main blog?

Any ideas?

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:29:45
  • Barry
    • DEV MAN’s Mascot

    1. They are automatically activated.

    2. No, put plugins that you want activated across the whole site automatically and those that extend the core in mu-plugins, and those you want to activate on a per-blog basis in the plugins directory.

    3. If you don’t want to use a plugin sitewide then put it in the plugins directory.