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Plugins and themes unmanageable after multisite move

After migrating a subsite to a standalone site, plugin and theme management disappears or plugins cannot be deleted.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 13 August 2024 · last reported 7 May 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

After moving a subsite out of a multisite network into a standalone install, several owners find the plugin and theme admin screens are missing or locked.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.