Title: Hide Without Blocking Access
Last modified: February 22, 2021

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# Hide Without Blocking Access

 *  [alexandrarivera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrarivera/)
 * (@alexandrarivera)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-without-blocking-access/)
 * How can I hide a menu without blocking access to an author role? , without hiding
   the menu, for the administrator role
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhide-without-blocking-access%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-without-blocking-access/#post-14094953)
 * Unfortunately, the “hide without preventing access” option is all-or-nothing.
   It always hides the selected menu item from all roles. If you want to hide a 
   menu item from a specific role (without blocking access), you would need the 
   Pro version for that.
 *  Thread Starter [alexandrarivera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrarivera/)
 * (@alexandrarivera)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-without-blocking-access/#post-14110576)
 * thank you

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 * Last reply from: [alexandrarivera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrarivera/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-without-blocking-access/#post-14110576)
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