Title: Adding permissions to custom post types
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Adding permissions to custom post types

 *  Resolved [tl4302](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tl4302/)
 * (@tl4302)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-permissions-to-custom-post-types/)
 * Hi,
    This has to be a common problem, but I can’t find a lot of documentation
   around it. I’ve created a custom post type, however, when I try logging in as
   an Author, I’m not able to access the page to even create new posts. I get a 
   message saying, “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”
 * (this is when i go to the page /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=mycustomposttype)
 * I’ve read up a bit on how to add permissions for each role, but my understanding
   is that if I keep the Capability Type as ‘post’, then users will have the same
   permissions as posts, therefore an Author should be able to access the custom
   post type. As a sanity check, I went to /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=post, logged
   in as an Author, and was able to see the page just fine.
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated — thank you in advance
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-permissions-to-custom-post-types/#post-7363754)
 * Can you use the Debug Info tab to send me your settings for CPTUI? Curious if
   I can recreate on my own.
 * There should be an input field below the textarea to input my email address before
   hitting submit. Use michael @ webdevstudios . com please.
 *  Thread Starter [tl4302](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tl4302/)
 * (@tl4302)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-permissions-to-custom-post-types/#post-7363806)
 * Hi Michael,
    Thanks for the response – I tried registering the type manually 
   and was able to get things working by adding “show_ui” => true. Which was also
   set within the CPTUI plugin, however, adding this in my functions.php was what
   made it work. Then, I commented it out of my functions.php and for some reason,
   permissions again worked as expected. Maybe it took some time for the settings
   to kick in? I’m not quite sure.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-permissions-to-custom-post-types/#post-7363823)
 * Interesting, but at the same time, whatever works, in my mind.
 * Thanks for the update.

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 * Last reply from: [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-permissions-to-custom-post-types/#post-7363823)
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