Title: Adding capability – view plugins
Last modified: March 13, 2017

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# Adding capability – view plugins

 *  Resolved [atenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atenn/)
 * (@atenn)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-capability-view-plugins/)
 * I want to allow an Editor on my site to use a certain plugin that is currently
   only visible to Admins in the left sidebar.
    Which capability would allow this?
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities](https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities)
 * And can this be changed to allow individual plugin use for a certain Editor, 
   or would it allow all Editors to use all plugins?

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-capability-view-plugins/#post-8924400)
 * The answer depends from the plugins to which you wish to provide access. About
   what plugin do you write?
 *  Thread Starter [atenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atenn/)
 * (@atenn)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-capability-view-plugins/#post-8939917)
 * Specifically it was for this Import Facebook Events plugin:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-facebook-events/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-facebook-events/)
 * Currently when I view the dashboard with Editor privileges it does not show this
   or any other plugin in the left sidebar – I can only see/use it as an Admin.
 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-capability-view-plugins/#post-8940040)
 * ‘Facebook Events’ menu is protected the same way as a ‘Posts’ menu: ‘edit_posts’,‘
   manage_categories’, but ‘Facebook Import’ menu is protected by ‘manage_options’
   capability.
 *  Thread Starter [atenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atenn/)
 * (@atenn)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-capability-view-plugins/#post-8940854)
 * That did it – thank you!

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## Tags

 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [administrator](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/administrator/)
 * [editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editor/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [atenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atenn/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-capability-view-plugins/#post-8940854)
 * Status: resolved