Title: Menu is missing options
Last modified: October 31, 2018

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# Menu is missing options

 *  [yoramschwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoramschwell/)
 * (@yoramschwell)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/)
 * When I log into the above site to work on the site my menu bar on the left side
   is missing all of the options for tweaking the site. How do I bring them back?
 * Thanks,
    Yoram
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmenu-is-missing-options%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/#post-10834547)
 * Are you logging in as an administrator?
 *  [Nichole Aber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neverbenn/)
 * (@neverbenn)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/#post-10835347)
 * Hello [@yoramschwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoramschwell/)! Do 
   you see any options in the admin sidebar? Or is it completely gone?
 * Is the top bar still showing?
 *  Thread Starter [yoramschwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoramschwell/)
 * (@yoramschwell)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/#post-10835431)
 * I am logging in as administrator.
    The side bar is there, but with only basic
   options. There are no useful options for managing the site.
 *  [Nichole Aber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neverbenn/)
 * (@neverbenn)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/#post-10835511)
 * If you can access the “Users” section, go into your profile and see what your
   user role is set to. It seems strange that options would just disappear.
 * If you have the Administrator role, it may be a conflict of some sort. It appears
   to be a relatively new site using a standard theme, but have any plugins been
   installed? If permissions allow, you could try installing the [Health Check plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/)
   and using Troubleshooting mode to see if there are any issues there.
 *  Thread Starter [yoramschwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoramschwell/)
 * (@yoramschwell)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/#post-10848304)
 * Hi. Thanks for the feedback. I don’t see where to access the “Users” section.
   I am logging in as my client. Someone else set up the site and I want to take
   it over and make it useful.
    Here is a screenshot of what I see: [http://www.jewishonlinecourses.com/admin/wordpressadminpage](http://www.jewishonlinecourses.com/admin/wordpressadminpage)
 * Any reason why I can’t modify anything?
    Thanks, Yoram
 *  [Nichole Aber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neverbenn/)
 * (@neverbenn)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/#post-10888232)
 * Hello Yoram – my apologies for the extremely delayed response, I must have missed
   your reply. 🙁
 * It doesn’t appear the user you are logged in as has any privileges. I’d guess
   the user role is set to “Subscriber” per the entry in the WordPress Codex regarding
   [Roles and Capabilities](https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities).
 * Whoever set up the site initially would have Administrator access and would need
   to grant that user account a higher level role in order to be able to manage 
   content. Right now the user can only manage their own profile.
 * Best of luck!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Nichole Aber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neverbenn/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-is-missing-options/#post-10888232)
 * Status: not resolved

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