Title: remove specific admin tab
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# remove specific admin tab

 *  [maghnetico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maghnetico/)
 * (@maghnetico)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-specific-admin-tab/)
 * Hi. I have instaled the security plugin WP-Security by WebsiteDefender.
    it created
   a new menu option in the wordpress admin menu. I want to remove this menu tab
   from non-admin users. How can i do this with UserRoleEditor?

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-specific-admin-tab/#post-2267004)
 * URE plugin can’t help you in this case.
    WebsiteDefender made strange decision
   to permit manage his plugin for users with ‘edit_pages’ capability instead of
   one which administrator only has. So contact that plugin author to change that
   or edit WP-Security plugin code yourself. Open websitedefender-wordpress-security/
   php/acx-functions.php file, go to line #32 and change ‘edit_pages’ to ‘edit_users’
   to get the following code
 *     ```
       add_menu_page( __('WSD Security Dashboard'), __('WSD Security'), 'edit_users', ACX_PREFIX, '_pageDashboard', ACX_PLUGIN_PATH.'res/images/wsd-logo-small-list.png');
                   add_submenu_page(ACX_PREFIX, __('Scan Reports'), __('Scan Reports'), 'edit_users', ACX_PREFIX.'reports', '_pageReports');
                   add_submenu_page(ACX_PREFIX, __('Database'), __('Database'), 'edit_users', ACX_PREFIX.'database', '_pageDatabase');
                   add_submenu_page(ACX_PREFIX, __('Password Strength Tool'), __('Password'), 'edit_users', ACX_PREFIX.'pwd_tool', '_pagePwTools');
                   add_submenu_page(ACX_PREFIX, __('About WSD'), __('About WSD'), 'edit_users', ACX_PREFIX.'about', '_pageAbout');
       ```
   
 *  [karyyyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karyyyn/)
 * (@karyyyn)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-specific-admin-tab/#post-2267035)
 * Thanks, Vladimir! This helped us with another plugin, Widget Entries, too. You
   rock!

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-specific-admin-tab/#post-2267035)
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