Title: Restoring multisite from backup
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Restoring multisite from backup

 *  Resolved [matuh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matuh/)
 * (@matuh)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-multisite-from-backup/)
 * I moved one WordPress blog with two sites to another server. I restored the backup
   and everything works fine. Now I logged in and there is only one site available
   from the My Sites menu. What happened to the other one? The site is up and working,
   but not available in the dashboard.
 * Any ideas how to fix this?

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 *  [The API Guys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbarthmaier/)
 * (@pbarthmaier)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-multisite-from-backup/#post-4065030)
 * What do you see when you go to the network admin?
 * htrp://mymultisite.com/wp-admin/network/sites.php
 *  Thread Starter [matuh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matuh/)
 * (@matuh)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-multisite-from-backup/#post-4065046)
 * I got this:
 * You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
 *  Thread Starter [matuh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matuh/)
 * (@matuh)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-multisite-from-backup/#post-4065067)
 * I found a solution:
    The easiest way to restore Super Admin privileges is to 
   add a bit of code to your theme’s functions.php file to add yourself back:
 * include(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/ms.php’);
    $user = get_userdatabylogin(‘
   YOUR_USERNAME’); grant_super_admin($user->ID);
 * Once your Super Admin privileges have been restored you can remove this code 
   from your theme.
 * Thanks for the tip Paul!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-multisite-from-backup/#post-4065100)
 * Yikes, that’s dangerous. Anyone who logged in during that time would get super
   admin access.
 * You can do this directly in the DB like this: [http://halfelf.org/2013/recovering-your-cape/](http://halfelf.org/2013/recovering-your-cape/)

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-multisite-from-backup/#post-4065100)
 * Status: resolved

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