Mu-plugins folder name necessary?

no.

Regular plugins placed in the regualr plugins folder are available to every site in the network, but you still need to visit each site and *activate* the plugins you want.

the mu-plugins folder is for plugins that specifically state to install them in that folder.
https://wpmututorials.com/basics/what-is-the-mu-plugins-folder/

you can also Network Activate plugins, but some plugins do not like this approach (because they aren’t coded for it) and you still have to visit each site to fill out the plugin settings.

Overall, it also depends on the plugins, so “plugins only work on the main site” is really … vague.

Go visit the plugins menu on a secondary site. Activate a plugin & set it up? Did it work? 90% of the time, you’re good.

Thanks-

But we are rolling out something like 800 blogs for out students at our school, and I can’t imagine going to each and every one of their sites to activate a plugin.

Surely there is another way?

Daniel

What’s the plugin(s)?

Again – network activate. Look into it. ??

I would probably be inclined to make a master ‘template’ blog and use the WP Replicator plugin to dupe it. I know that one keeps all plugin settings, so if I network activate, then I know the replicated sites will have the defaults I want included ??

Most all of our plugins are Network Activated. The biggest issue I’m having is with Changing Roles.

I’m using USer Role Editor : https://www.shinephp.com/user-role-editor-wordpress-plugin/

The biggest thing we need to do is to allow Editors to change their themes. We want students to be able have some capabilities but limit some things as well.

Daniel

How much theme changing? Cause there’s this: https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/site-specific-css/

Thanks!

I just want them to be able to Choose their theme, but we don’t want them to have Admin controls.

Heck I’d be okay if they were just Contributors, but still able to change and choose the theme on their blog. Some of these kids are like 4th, 3rd grade and the Admin controls just give them way too much control.

Danel

I just want them to be able to Choose their theme, but we don’t want them to have Admin controls.

I thought they could do that… If you activate a theme for the network, then they can pick and choose the one they want. Did I miss something?

There is no user role plugin currently that works network wide.

For removing menus in a network, you want this:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/menus/

Note this one *does* go in the mu-plugins folder.

@ipstenu The Editor Role doesn’t allow theme changes.

@andrea_r : I do use that one! And it does work across network. Thanks.

However- If I limit the Admin role for students, it would also inadvertently limit the Admin role for the teachers, and they need to have control over their student’s blogs.

The only other option would be to make all of the teachers Super Admins.

Really- there’s got to be a way to hack the php to change the Editor user to edit_themes or change_themes across the network.

Any ideas? Thanks, BTW for helping!

Daniel

Really- there’s got to be a way to hack the php to change the Editor user to edit_themes or change_themes across the network.

Nope, cause that’s against the point of having Editors (which I blanked on you wanting them to be for some reason).

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Roles_and_Capabilities#Capability_vs._Role_Table

In THEORY if you set up a template blog with a roles/capabilities plugin included and configured, and copied THAT via WP Replicator or such, it would keep your plugin settings so you could have the special Editor Plus role per site.

Ah- so I will definitely take a look at WP Replicator!
I appreciate your candidness.

Daniel

You can always put something like this in mu-plugins:

function modify_editor_role() {
        get_role( 'editor' );
        global $wp_roles;
        $wp_roles->role_objects['editor']->add_cap( 'edit_themes' );
        $wp_roles->role_objects['editor']->add_cap( 'edit_theme_options' );
}

add_action( 'admin_init', 'modify_editor_role', 9999 );

3rd and 4th graders editing themes?

Try ‘switch_themes’

$wp_roles->role_objects['editor']->add_cap( 'switch_themes' );