Title: Theme options and admin access
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Theme options and admin access

 *  [RLoveday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rloveday/)
 * (@rloveday)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/)
 * I am logged into the website I manage for work and there is a “theme options”
   selection when I am logged in however it says that I don’t have sufficient permissions
   to access this selection, even though I am logged in as admin.
 * Does this mean my access isn’t high enough or is this a common occurrence, would
   I need a new admin account and is this possible?

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 *  [David_G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questas_admin/)
 * (@questas_admin)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/#post-5726724)
 * Do you have “admin” access on the site? You should be able to see that in your
   profile.
 *  Thread Starter [RLoveday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rloveday/)
 * (@rloveday)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/#post-5726731)
 * I do have admin access on the site.
 *  Thread Starter [RLoveday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rloveday/)
 * (@rloveday)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/#post-5726734)
 * I’m using the login I was given with the WordPress website manual which was admin.
   However, how can I check that I have admin access in my profile?
 *  [David_G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questas_admin/)
 * (@questas_admin)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/#post-5726829)
 * You say it is a site for your work. I suspect that you do not have “ADMIN” level
   access. Did you build the site? Different access levels have different permissions.
 *  Thread Starter [RLoveday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rloveday/)
 * (@rloveday)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/#post-5726873)
 * Thanks for replying. I didn’t build the website, however I was given a manual
   which had the admin login.
 * I’m curious what different access levels have different permissions?
 *  [David_G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questas_admin/)
 * (@questas_admin)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/#post-5726876)
 * By default in WP there are the following user levels:
    ADMINISTRATOR EDITOR AUTHOR
   CONTRIBUTOR SUBSCRIBER
 * Each one has certain permissions with Admin having full access to everything 
   down to Subscriber having basically read only access. All levels can login through
   site.com/wp-admin. That doesn’t mean they have ADMIN rights.
 * By default only the Admin level can change themes.
    There are plugins that can
   change and add different levels and permissions and your site administrator may
   or may not have used one of those. You need to contact the ADMIN for the site
   about your access level.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [David_G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questas_admin/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-options-and-admin-access/#post-5726876)
 * Status: not resolved

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