Title: Non-Admin User Role Access
Last modified: January 4, 2018

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# Non-Admin User Role Access

 *  Resolved [NetzzJD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netzzjd/)
 * (@netzzjd)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-admin-user-role-access/)
 * I can only access the job listings in the dashboard if user is an Administrator.
   Editors can see the list, but cannot edit or delete and Active jobs. And when
   they create new jobs, they cannot Publish, only Submit for Approval. If they 
   try to edit an existing job, this message appears: “Sorry, you are not allowed
   to edit this item.”

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Adam Heckler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamkheckler/)
 * (@adamkheckler)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-admin-user-role-access/#post-9837063)
 * Are you trying to edit and delete these jobs in the backend? If so, that’s not
   really how WP Job Manager is designed to function. 🙁
 * Our plugin is written such that almost everything should be accomplished via 
   the frontend pages it sets up for you after activation. Job posters can edit 
   and delete their own jobs on the `[job_dashboard]` page, for example.
 * Try posting a job under a new test account, then going to whatever page you have
   the `[job_dashboard]` shortcode on. Can you edit the job from there? If so, things
   are working correctly. 🙂
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [NetzzJD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netzzjd/)
 * (@netzzjd)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-admin-user-role-access/#post-9837246)
 * Yes, we use WP as a CMS and have different level user roles for our clients to
   edit in the backend/dashboard. We do not want public or random users to add or
   access jobs or be able to create new jobs; just to be able to see and apply to
   them. We use it as our “Careers” page and only list internal job openings that
   we control. In this case, I do not want to open up certain users as an Admin 
   just to be able to fully access the backend of WP Job Manager.
 * I actually kept digging/testing and now just use the User Role Editor plugin 
   to manually allow Editor role to use this plugin fully. Thanks for the response!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Adam Heckler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamkheckler/)
 * (@adamkheckler)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-admin-user-role-access/#post-9845463)
 * > We do not want public or random users to add or access jobs or be able to create
   > new jobs
 * You could prevent this in several ways, while still having job posters use the
   frontend. For example, password-protecting the Post A Job page would do it. You
   could also use a restriction plugin to restrict access to that page unless someone’s
   account was approved by you.
 * This also means that job posters do not have to be admins *and* that you won’t
   need to use User Role Editor, which (in our experience) makes it easy to mess
   up permissions on your site by accident.
 * Anyway, let me know if there’s anything else I can help with! 🙂

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