Theme options and admin access

  • RLoveday

    (@rloveday)


    11 years, 3 months ago

    I am logged into the website I manage for work and there is a “theme options” selection when I am logged in however it says that I don’t have sufficient permissions to access this selection, even though I am logged in as admin.

    Does this mean my access isn’t high enough or is this a common occurrence, would I need a new admin account and is this possible?

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  • David_G

    (@questas_admin)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Do you have “admin” access on the site? You should be able to see that in your profile.

    Thread Starter RLoveday

    (@rloveday)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    I do have admin access on the site.

    Thread Starter RLoveday

    (@rloveday)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    I’m using the login I was given with the WordPress website manual which was admin. However, how can I check that I have admin access in my profile?

    David_G

    (@questas_admin)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    You say it is a site for your work. I suspect that you do not have “ADMIN” level access. Did you build the site? Different access levels have different permissions.

    Thread Starter RLoveday

    (@rloveday)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks for replying. I didn’t build the website, however I was given a manual which had the admin login.

    I’m curious what different access levels have different permissions?

    David_G

    (@questas_admin)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    By default in WP there are the following user levels:
    ADMINISTRATOR
    EDITOR
    AUTHOR
    CONTRIBUTOR
    SUBSCRIBER

    Each one has certain permissions with Admin having full access to everything down to Subscriber having basically read only access. All levels can login through site.com/wp-admin. That doesn’t mean they have ADMIN rights.

    By default only the Admin level can change themes.
    There are plugins that can change and add different levels and permissions and your site administrator may or may not have used one of those. You need to contact the ADMIN for the site about your access level.

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