Title: How to access functions.php
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# How to access functions.php

 *  [samz_manu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samz_manu/)
 * (@samz_manu)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-access-functionsphp/)
 * Hi there,
    I want to include some code snippet in my functions.php file but as
   a novice to WordPress I don’t know where to find it? Any answer on Google suggests
   I go to Dashboard-Appearance-Editor but in my version of WordPress there is no
   Editor option. Is there any way to access functions.php through the dashboard?
   I can’t use FileZilla or anything as I’m not the owner of the website and thus
   don’t have access to all the login info.
 * Thanks.

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 *  anonymized-13749270
 * (@anonymized-13749270)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-access-functionsphp/#post-6331518)
 * Your theme/plugins editor is disabled, it happened to me when I didn’t update
   my theme for a long time..
    You need to login to your server ( ex CPanel ) using
   the logging details your hosting provider has given you, and go to the root directory(
   CPanel: file manager, public_html ).
 * Edit wp-config.php, add this like of code in the bottom:
 * `define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT',false);`
 * Save, refresh, and see if you can edit theme/plugins from the dashboard.
 * If you could login to your server, you could make edits from there.
 *  Thread Starter [samz_manu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samz_manu/)
 * (@samz_manu)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-access-functionsphp/#post-6331521)
 * Is that the only way to do this? As I mentioned, I don’t really have access to
   all the hosting provider details as I’m not the owner or creator of the website.
   Just a contributor. And I’m implementing a plugin that requires me to play around
   with functions.php a bit. Is there any way to re-enable theme/plugins editor 
   without accessing the root directory?
 * Thanks
 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-access-functionsphp/#post-6331594)
 * If you are an admin user, you have access to it through Appearance >> Editor.
   Contributors do not have access to the editor.
 * You will need to talk to whoever is in charge of your site.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-access-functionsphp/#post-6331594)
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