Title: The admin disabled this function
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# The admin disabled this function

 *  [RobotHero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robothero/)
 * (@robothero)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-admin-disabled-this-function/)
 * Well, it started with the problems I had [here](http://wordpress.org/support/3/12100)
   and now it has escalated.
    I can’t upload at all. When I go to the upload page,
   I get the message: The admin disabled this function. I am the admin. How do I
   re-enable uploads, so I can get back to work on my original problem?

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 *  Thread Starter [RobotHero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robothero/)
 * (@robothero)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-admin-disabled-this-function/#post-89101)
 * I have ‘Allow File Uploads’ checked under Miscellanious Options. use_fileupload
   has a value of 1.
    I hadn’t deleted install.php, so that could have been the 
   problem. But I have now deleted it, and the problem continues.
 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-admin-disabled-this-function/#post-89103)
 * well u dont have to delete any file after installation… i suggest you check the
   chmod settings of the upload folder again. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [RobotHero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robothero/)
 * (@robothero)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-admin-disabled-this-function/#post-89115)
 * Hmm. I misinterpreted the meaning of the line:
    ` if (strstr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'
   install.php'))` at line 303 in functions.php. But I don’t need install.php after
   I’m installed, so no harm done. The upload folder is chmod 777, and I’m pretty
   sure I’d get a different error message if that were the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [RobotHero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robothero/)
 * (@robothero)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-admin-disabled-this-function/#post-89261)
 *  problem.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [RobotHero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robothero/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-admin-disabled-this-function/#post-89261)
 * Status: not resolved

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