Title: Advanced WP-Admin Theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Advanced WP-Admin Theme

 *  [cmsdevelopers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmsdevelopers/)
 * (@cmsdevelopers)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-wp-admin-theme/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m working on creating a custom admin dashboard using a control panel theme 
   I found on ThemeForest. I am creating a plugin that changes styling elements 
   and for the most part have all edits I want to make, with the exception of one
   thing.
 * ***Problem***
    Similar to creating custom template pages for a theme, I have 
   defined custom templates to handle certain pages inside wp-admin ( ex. wp-admin/
   plugins.php ).
 * I need to get the “Work Area” of admin “Only” – I’ve tried using a simple include:
 *     ```
       <?
       $site = get_bloginfo('home');
       include($site.'/wp-admin/plugins.php'); ?>
       ```
   
 * And although works, returns ( You don’t have sufficient permissions ) error. 
   The reason is because I’ve been forced to create the “admin theme” as a custom
   template page that has access to “admin elements” so the user is not under the
   wp-admin url.
 * This works:
    [http://screencast.com/t/9SdvjVKPt](http://screencast.com/t/9SdvjVKPt)
 * As show above, this is how I want to display the work area – in the screenshot
   above, I’m simply using an iframe and have applied visibility:hidden to sidebar,
   header and footer elements
 * ***My Question***
    How can I override the permissions error when using include–
   or what will be a better option for achieving my goals.
 * Thanks,

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 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [admin-theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin-theme/)
 * [permissions error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions-error/)
 * [wp-admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-admin/)

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