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1. robing
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   I moved a blog from a MU installation to a standalone WordPress 2.84. I dumped the sql, made the changes so that all the files were addressed properly and the site (http://gtvrc.shermanlaws.com) works. The problem is that despite my user_capabilities (a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}) I cannot edit the existing pages on the site. And when I create a new page, I am not allowed to publish it, only Submit for Review. So somewhere I have lost my admin privileges and after spending days trying to fix it, I'm stuck. I even downgraded to 2.71 (which is the version running now) on the assumption that this was some anomaly with 2.84.

   I can't create new users either and I tried various plugins to edit roles none of which worked.

   Any assistance/advice would be very much appreciated. ;)

   Cheers,

   Robin.

2. esmi
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Do you have any plugins running? Have to tried deactivating them all? Or resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

   You could also try switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems.

3. Brance
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I'm having this same trouble.

   I tried switching to the default theme, and deactivating all plugins. nothing worked.

   I can do everything else I need to do, but with Pages, all I can do is "submit for Review"

   Any answers?????

4. kperrone
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I can't create new users either and I tried various plugins to edit roles none of which worked.

   Did you try creating them via phpmyadmin instead of the WP interface?

5. Brance
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I got it fixed, here's how.

   I logged in to phpmyadmin on a working instal of WP 2.8.4
   went to the wp_options table
   found the option with option_name = wp_user_roles
   opened that record and copied the option_value field

   then went to the database for my fouled instal (still in phpmyadmin)
   went to the wp_options table
   found the option with option_name = wp_user_roles
   opened that record and pasted into the option_value field what I had copied from the other database

   The only thing I had to do after that was login to the faulty WP install as the admin
   turn off all the plugins
   turn them back on

   That gets all the plugin settings pages working properly.

   And it's all good now. I can edit/publish pages again!

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