Want pre-MU subdirectories to share theme/plugins from main

  • I enabled multisite network using sub-directories almost a year ago on https://michigan-made.com. Love it…creating new sites is a snap.

    My issue is with the old sub-directories prior to enabling MU. There are about 15 “pre-MU” sub-directories that do appear in the Super Admin’s Sites list – but that’s it as far as being “networked”. I would like these pre-MU sub-directories to share the same theme and plugins as the main site (and new sites). It’s a pain to have to log-in to each of the pre-MU sub-directories to make the necessary changes/updates to the theme and plugins.

    How can I force the “pre-MU” sub-directories to share the theme and plugin folders, just like the new sub-directory sites do?

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  • A symlink server side would do it.

    Or, import them into the network.

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    (@clarkk)

    Thank you Andrea.

    My thoughts were to export the pre-MU subdirectories and import them into the MU network. Although I’m not sure at what point I would delete the pre-MU subdirectories (which have their own WordPress files) – after the export and before the import? Or after the import?

    I tried to export the pre-MU subdirectories, but when I click on the Export button I get “Warning: strip_tags() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/xxxx/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 2773” along with 3 other warnings indicating: Cannot modify header information (in …./formatting.php:2773) on lines 44, 45, 46.

    I researched this and according to this ticket: https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/14026, this is the fix: https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/changeset/15175

    I applied the fix – but it did not help.

    Any idea how I can get the export function to work so that I can import?

    Cannot modify header information

    this error usually means you have extra whitespace at the end of a file somewhere.

    Although I’m not sure at what point I would delete the pre-MU subdirectories (which have their own WordPress files) – after the export and before the import? Or after the import?

    after the import. you can;t make the network one the exact same name, but you CAN change it after you’re done.

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    (@clarkk)

    Good to know – thanks for your help Andrea.

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