Title: Missing dashboard menu
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Missing dashboard menu

 *  Resolved [clemylia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clemylia/)
 * (@clemylia)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/)
 * I logged in to my wordpress back end today for the first time in about 2 weeks.
 * The menu to the left of the dashboard landing page has disappeared – all I have
   is ‘Profile’, and ‘Media’ ‘Pages’ ‘Posts’ ‘Settings’ etc are all gone. My site
   is still there [http://www.clmntnbrn.co.uk](http://www.clmntnbrn.co.uk) but I
   needed to make it private until I’ve written the text for it!
 * I have looked on the forum and tried uploading fresh wp-admin and wp-includes
   files, but to no avail. I have also logged in to the database and confirmed my
   user is set as an admin.
 * Can anyone please help!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/#post-3739084)
 * Using Phpmyadmin (or another MySQL management tool), first backup your database.
   Then navigate to your wp_usermeta table and locate the meta_key called “_wp\_capabilities_”
   for your user_id. Change the meta-value for this record to:
 * `a:1:{s:13:"administrator";s:1:"1";}`
 *  Thread Starter [clemylia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clemylia/)
 * (@clemylia)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/#post-3739093)
 * Thanks, but it already is that. Also my user level is 10.
 * Any other ideas?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/#post-3739098)
 * What is the value for your wp_capabilities?
 *  Thread Starter [clemylia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clemylia/)
 * (@clemylia)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/#post-3739099)
 * a:1:{s:13:”administrator”;s:1:”1″;}
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/#post-3739102)
 * Try:
    – switching to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder
   inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using
   [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management application
   your host provides.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or phpMyAdmin.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder – from 
   a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of
   files & folder before uploading the new ones.
 *  Thread Starter [clemylia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clemylia/)
 * (@clemylia)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/#post-3739106)
 * Amazing, option 2 worked a treat.
 * Thanks so much!

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 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/menu/)
 * [missing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/missing/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [clemylia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clemylia/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-menu/#post-3739106)
 * Status: resolved

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