Title: Backend Access for non-Admin
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Backend Access for non-Admin

 *  Resolved [migster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migster/)
 * (@migster)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-for-non-admin/)
 * I’d like to give my Editors access to the plugin backend, but can’t figure out
   how to do that without giving them full admin rights to everything else.
 * Even using a role editor plugin doesn’t seem to give any options to enable access.
 * Is there a way to do this?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-for-non-admin/#post-5666417)
 * Hi Migster,
 * We hadn’t considered adding the ability to allow other users to access the back
   end administration pages. By default, the admin is the only one allowed to access
   the pages.
 * I am going to push out a 5.3.1 update that will add a new filter into the core
   code of the plugin. Using the filter, you’ll be allowed to grant access to the
   administration pages to any user on your site.
 * Sit tight while I get things packaged up and pushed out the repo!
 * Once pushed out, I’ll provide you with the necessary code to grant access to 
   your editors.
 * Thanks,
    Evan
 *  Plugin Author [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-for-non-admin/#post-5666418)
 * Hi Migster,
 * We’ve just pushed out a 5.3.1 release, which now has the custom filter to allow
   you to grant new user roles access to the YIKES MailChimp administration menus
   on your site.
 * Here is an example function, using our new filter to allow editors to access 
   the YIKES MailChimp pages.
 *     ```
       /*
       * The following will pass in the 'edit_others_pages' capability,
       * to allow editors to access the YIKES MailChimp admin pages.
       * You can find a full list of capabilities here :
       * http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
       * Remember: You are passing in capabilities, not user roles.
       */
       function yikes_mailchimp_allow_editors( $capabillity ) {
       	$capabillity = 'edit_others_pages';
       	return $capabillity;
       }
       add_filter( 'yks_mailchimp_user_role' , 'yikes_mailchimp_allow_editors' );
       ```
   
 * You’ll want to add the above code into your active themes function.php file. 
   Once added, save the file and re-load the dashboard while logged into an editor
   account. You should then have access to the YIKES MailChimp admin pages.
 * Let us know if the filter and function work for you!
 * Thanks,
    Evan
 *  Thread Starter [migster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migster/)
 * (@migster)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-for-non-admin/#post-5666420)
 * Hi Evan
 * Thanks for the incredible response to this, I can confirm it all works perfectly.
 * Cheers
 * migs
 *  Plugin Author [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-access-for-non-admin/#post-5666422)
 * Hi Migs,
 * Awesome! I’m glad that wasn’t such a terrible solution for you. If you have any
   other requirements that may help you along the way, feel free to reach out and
   we’ll see what we can do about getting them built into the core of the plugin.
 * Best of luck with everything, Migs!
 * Evan

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