Title: Multisite admin user access question Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Multisite admin user access question * Resolved [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/) * So, I just got a multisite instance of WordPress 3.0.4 put up for a service I am going to be offering a few people to help them out. * Here is my dilemma/question(s): * – Can I give blog users “admin” access but disallow them to add plugins and themes, while still allowing them the ability to enable the ones they wish and modify the settings of the existing plugins and themes to suit their needs? * – Can I throttle the amount of upload space each blog is allowed without them having the ability to change that limit themselves? * Thanks for any help. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/page/2/?output_format=md) * [kuld33p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuld33p/) * (@kuld33p) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844804) * Not sure about the disabling of plugins installation.. though you can disable the menu item. from options under superadmin menu.. * about the upload space, yes you can manage that individually for each blog. * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844805) * Thanks for the info. So, I would have to, in theory, just enable all the plugins( not many) then disable the plugins menu item so they can’t do anything other than alter the settings for each one…is that correct? * Or, I suppose I could hack the core code (really hoping I wouldn’t have to) to remove the search and install buttons for plugins and themes…therefore only being able to install new ones by me uploading them. * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844806) * Idle curiousity here…if one user edits the CSS within the theme editing window, would it save the CSS for only that blog, or would it rewrite the primary theme file? I suspect only for that blog…but figured I’d ask. * [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/) * (@gangleri) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844807) * I haven’t really tried the roles, but I set up someone else’s non-mu site and made him “editor”. I believe he can (dis)able plugins, but not add them. Just test it out a little. If you need more than the default WP roles, have a look at a plugin such as Role Scoper. * Your entire network in most cases uses just one theme. Editing one is editing all. The only way around that is to make a Twentyten1, Twentyten2, etc. and asign just one of these (child) themes to a blog. * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844808) * Whoa, no kidding, the theme is global? Whoa, that may force me to rethink the whole plan and go back to using Drupal for this project…it’s amazing that limitation is in there, glad I asked, but I will play around first, see what I can do. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844810) * Whoa, hold the phone here… 😉 * If you;re just editing CSS, use a plguin. remember, you;re running your own mini version of wordpress.com. * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/) * This gives you the css editor like WP.com has. * Also! You can disable some themes so they show on one site only. * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844812) * Oh, yeah, I see the theme control, but what I was hoping is to have one single theme (like the included one) which allows unique backgrounds, headers and CSS color changes for each site without needing a new theme copy for each site. I will look into the plugin thanks much! * One other oddity I see, my multisite is a subdirectory system (if I recall, that is the one you can also use domain mapping with)…so, I added a second blog so I can start playing around with users, roles and crap…now I see it’s actually looking for my subdirectory folder…which, of course, isn’t there, I assumed the htaccess code was doing a rewrite to not need the directory physically, just rewriting to use it for a database lookup. * [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/) * (@gangleri) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844816) * The directories are (should be) virtual… * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844817) * meaning… ? * [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/) * (@gangleri) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844818) * > I assumed the htaccess code was doing a rewrite to not need the directory physically * That this assumption is correct. Is this the first subsite you created? I have a couple of them, I can create, edit and delete them on the fly, never any problems. * > now I see it’s actually looking for my subdirectory folder * What exactly does occur? * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844819) * This is the first subsite I have created, yes. When I go to preview it it is linked to domain.com/subdirectory and it gives me a 404 on the subdirectory. * The main site works just fine, but the subsite is looking for that physical subdirectory and 404ing on it. * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844824) * When I used WordPress MU years ago (VERY early version) it was much easier to set up and use than this appears to be…it’s getting frustrating, but I am determined to figure this out. I would much rather use WordPress for this project than Drupal… the subdirectory 404 issue is a drag, anything else I can work around, but this is odd. * [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/) * (@gangleri) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844830) * Ok, here’s what I do. I have an up-and-running MU with 5 subsites (not subdomains). I go to ‘super admin’, ‘sites’, go to the “add site” section below, fill in some info, get an error ( 🙂 ), but when I go back to the admin, I have a site that works just fine (the “visit” link). * Thread Starter [dbmasters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbmasters/) * (@dbmasters) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844832) * I added a subsite, got no error, then try to visit the site and get an error. huh. 🙂 * Better check my htaccess code. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/#post-1844840) * > t I was hoping is to have one single theme (like the included one) which allows > unique backgrounds, headers and CSS color changes for each site without needing > a new theme copy for each site. I will look into the plugin thanks much! * If you pick a theme that has an OPTIONS page built inot it with the ability to change these things from the admin area… then you’re fine. * As for the subfolder blogs not being found, yeah a 404 is a common error. Soemthing’s up htaccess wise. * And this is pretty much the exact same code WPMU was, just rolled in. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Multisite admin user access question’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 30 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-user-access-question/page/2/#post-1845045) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics