Title: Editor under Appearance missing
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Editor under Appearance missing

 *  [kluong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kluong/)
 * (@kluong)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/)
 * Dear all,
    I have just installed a new wordpress to start developing a new website.
   However, the editor which I usually see under menu “Appearance” at the bottom
   is not there. Anyone had this problem before? I have even de-installed and re-
   installed, but the editor is still amiss… I have no special security settings.
 * Kind regards
    Kerstin

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 *  [rmasfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmasfer/)
 * (@rmasfer)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470489)
 * Hi,
 * What is the role name of your account ? Login as admin user and check it whether
   you can see the “Editor” menu.
 * I think you may try to access “Editor” by typing the url direclty
    [http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php](http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php)
 * Best of luck
 *  Thread Starter [kluong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kluong/)
 * (@kluong)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470552)
 * My role name is administrator. But when I called for the url directly it says“
   You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”
 * In the user section I can see that my role is administrator and I am logged in
   as such. I have a second person with the role administrator but she does not 
   see the editor neither.
 * In my profile I cannot see the field “role settings”. Hence, apparently, wordpress
   has registered me as administrator but does not recognize me as such.
 * What can I do?
 *  [rmasfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmasfer/)
 * (@rmasfer)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470557)
 * I think you better read section “File Permission” and “Security Warning” from
   the below link
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files)
 *  Thread Starter [kluong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kluong/)
 * (@kluong)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470567)
 * Nethertheless I can add users and change the role with the functionality on top
   of the list of users.
 * Otherwise I have no log-in troubles, so I fear the recommended steps under Troubleshooting
   Login problems would not solve the problem.
 *  [rmasfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rmasfer/)
 * (@rmasfer)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470574)
 * I think you misunderstood the above mentioned section. How familiar are you with
   php and webhost admin panel(e.g. cpanel)?
 *  Thread Starter [kluong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kluong/)
 * (@kluong)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470618)
 * Sorry, I could not see your post about the file permsission when I wrote my last
   bit.
 * I have read through the editing files documentation, but it does not tell me 
   really why I cannot see the editor.
 * And no, I ma not very familiar with editing these files but there are times when
   you need to delete a border you don’t like or change a pre-set font size. I usually
   copy the original css.php file, save it somewhere, edit the copy version and 
   then check if everything works out as I wanted it to. If not I simply put the
   original version back.
 * I rarely do that, however, I want to be sure that there is no other bug in the
   installation set-up. It is not normal that you don’t see the editor in a freshly
   installed wordpress dashboard.
 * Do you have an idea where I could check if the config.php looks like it should?
   I have never been in cpanel. Or where would you check?
 *  [Barrett Golding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hearvox/)
 * (@hearvox)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470631)
 * Perhaps you have this in you wp-config.php file (usually in the folder where 
   the WP install is, ie, same as where wp-login.php file usually is):
    define(‘
   DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, true);
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#Disable_File_Editing](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#Disable_File_Editing)
 *  Thread Starter [kluong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kluong/)
 * (@kluong)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-under-appearance-missing/#post-5470637)
 * I will check.
    I have just de- and re-installed again and the problem persists.
   The help person of my hosting company said that they use the official WordPress
   version 4.0, so no installation problem.
 * I’ll be back tomorrow.

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