Title: Author Boxes menu item missing Last modified: February 14, 2024 --- # Author Boxes menu item missing * Resolved [gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) * (@gmw0113) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/) * We have two sites running Version 4.3.1 and one has the Auhtors Boxes menu as normal, and the other one appears to be missing. If i directly navigate to the URL Authors boxes lives at- I can get there fine. Just can’t get to it via point and click. Any idea why it disappeared on one site?(I tried rolling back to 4.3.0 to see if that made a difference, and it did not.)Thanks! Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Support [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/) * (@rizaardiyanto) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17423912) * Hi [@gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) * Thanks for using PublishPress Authors. * Could you confirm there is no plugin conflicting here? You could confirm this by temporary deactivate all plugins except PublishPress Authors, and see if you can notive Authors Boxes menu showing. * If it is showing, then one of your plugin is affecting the output. You will need to activate the plugin one by one to find out which plugin cause this. * Thanks, * Thread Starter [gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) * (@gmw0113) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17426409) * Hi Riza, I can confirm that it is neither a plugin, nor a theme conflict- I disabled all plugins except AuthorPress. And I tried a 202X theme from WordPress- no success- still missing on the menu. * Plugin Support [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/) * (@rizaardiyanto) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17428221) * [@gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) Okay, if it’s not plugin conflict, my next guess was related to permissions. * Can you please check if that user has the “**ppma manage author categories**” capability? * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/D6jFHrz.png?ssl=1) * You can use plugin like PublishPress Capabilities to add it. * Let me know if the issue persists. * Thanks, * Thread Starter [gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) * (@gmw0113) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17428723) * I don’t see any of those. What section are you looking at? If I click “PublishPress Capabilities” which presumably… is the correct section, I see nothing similar to your screenshot.I see: * ** manage capabilities dashboard**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities roles**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities editor features**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities admin features**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities admin menus**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities frontend features**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities profile features**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities nav menus**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities user testing**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities backup**[](https://businesstalentsolutionsrework.flywheelsites.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=pp-capabilities&role=administrator#)** manage capabilities settings** * Plugin Support [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/) * (@rizaardiyanto) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17430263) * Can you find it under PublishPress Authors tab? * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/Phbo4oY.png?ssl=1) * Thread Starter [gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) * (@gmw0113) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17432117) * Hello again Riza, The author capability was off for some reason- turning it back on resolved the matter. FYI this was on Admin level user~ * Thread Starter [gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) * (@gmw0113) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17432118) * Thank you! * Plugin Support [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/) * (@rizaardiyanto) * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17435492) * [@gmw0113](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmw0113/) We did not see this in fresh WordPress installation. We will monitor this issue for now in case we receive similar report in the future. * I’m glad to hear its resolved. * We appreciate you using our plugin 🙂 Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Author Boxes menu item missing’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/publishpress-authors/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3391318) * [Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/reviews/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Riza Maulana Ardiyanto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaardiyanto/) * Last activity: [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-boxes-menu-item-missing/#post-17435492) * Status: resolved