Title: Not available under Tools
Last modified: November 4, 2018

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# Not available under Tools

 *  Resolved [sandeld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sandeld/)
 * (@sandeld)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-available-under-tools/)
 * I just gained access to this site, but it doesn’t look like it’s a multi-site.
   The only security plugin is WordFence, but I deactivated that and your plugin
   still doesn’t appear.
 * I do not have access to Appearance > Editor, with or without wordfence activated.
 * It’s running on Divi theme.

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 *  Plugin Author [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * (@clorith)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-available-under-tools/#post-10671144)
 * Hi,
 * It sounds like you may have editing disabled, either with `define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT',
   true );` in your `wp-config.php` file, or your host may have disabled this functionality
   altogether, check for that piece in the config file first though, as it’s added
   now and then by other developers.
 *  [Joe Bloggs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joe-bloggs/)
 * (@joe-bloggs)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-available-under-tools/#post-10843489)
 * Hey Marius,
 * I’ve been using your plugin for a couple of years now and it’s really awesome,
   so many thanks for the time and effort that goes into this!
 * I recently ran into the same issue when the String Locator link just vanished
   from the Tools menu and yes indeed I found the `define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT',
   true );` string in my config file which was added there automatically by the 
   iThemes security plugin.
 * I’ve experienced this issue already before with Wordfence, so it seems like every
   security plugin that can lock down the Admin Editor will cause this issue.
 * So my question is if there’s any way to prevent this? Any kind of exception that
   could be added into the String Locator plugin settings?
 * I mean since I know what the issue is, I don’t have a problem flicking `true`
   to `false` in the config file every time I need to use your plugin, but is there
   any way this could be done using settings?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * (@clorith)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-available-under-tools/#post-10846895)
 * Hiya,
 * Just a heads up, I’ll be closing this topic after this reply, merely because 
   it’s another users topic and it’s 2 months old, so it seems rude of us to keep
   triggering notifications for them 🙂
 * I’m aware of that limitation, and the next version will include a notice if editing
   is disabled, I’ve just not had a reason to push a new version, and doing it just
   for that notice seemed a bit excessive.
 * I could ignore that setting altogether, nothing prevents that, but it seems wrong
   to ignore core features as this, which is why I’ve not done it. I may consider
   allowing the search feature still, and just not enabling edits in such cases…
   that might not be a bad idea to ensure a better experience for all?
 * Any way, if you’d like to further this discussion I would welcome a new topic,
   for the above mentioned reason of not bothering previous topic creators 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-available-under-tools/#post-10846895)
 * Status: resolved