Title: Problem With Permissions Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Problem With Permissions * Resolved [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/) * Well I just installed WordPress. After importing some posts from another blog of mine using the RSS feed, I tried to create a new post, but it gave me this error saying I didn’t have permission to edit it, when trying to preview or post it. * Also, when I try to delete drafts from the drafts page, it results in an internal server error, while I am able to delete them successfully by visiting the draft to be deleted and deleting it from the page. * Any help? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124346) * Update: It’s now giving me server errors when I try to edit a post. I know for a fact it’s not my host’s problem. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124361) * Have you tried: * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * – [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. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download of WordPress. * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124363) * I did all that, and it didn’t change anything. A google search said that this can be due to mod_security problems, anything to say about that? * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124375) * I also get errors when I try to delete any article, it results in an internal server error. This is a fresh installation of WordPress, no plugins installed, and it was doing this before the theme change. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124381) * > A google search said that this can be due to mod_security problems, anything > to say about that? * That’s something you will need to speak to your hosts about. * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124384) * I did that, and they said it was related to WordPress, not the host. * I get the error when I try to create a new post, and it says I didn’t have permission to edit it. * Also, as I said, deleting posts results in an internal server error. * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124415) * Alright, a post in this thread fixed it all: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-are-not-allowed-to-edit-this-post-1?replies=23](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-are-not-allowed-to-edit-this-post-1?replies=23) * You guys should change your recommended Tumblr import script, it’s causing you problems. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124416) * That’s a 3rd party script. * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124418) * So you’d rather people corrupt their blogs with that crappy one? Wow, that’s quite shocking. * Anyways, thanks to the user in that post who had the solution, it was a godsend. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124419) * If you know of a better Tumblr import script, please let us know. * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124420) * This one did it without corrupting the blog, and it imported the tags too, which the other one didn’t: [http://www.tumblr2wp.com/](http://www.tumblr2wp.com/) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124430) * Thanks. I’ll add it to that Codex page asap. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124432) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content](http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content) updated. * Thread Starter [Luke Larris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucasbytegenius/) * (@lucasbytegenius) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124436) * To avoid confusion of the users, I recommend putting Tumblr2WP first, or removing the other utility which doesn’t work with the current version of WordPress it seems. It didn’t even import the posts from my Tumblog. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/#post-2124439) * Any idea when it stopped working – in terms of what WP version? I’ll add a note to the link for now – to the effect that it may not work with WP 3.0 or above. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Problem With Permissions’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 17 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permissions/page/2/#post-2124445) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics