Alberto

Hi Bengt – the issues was with chmod permissions on my end. I had to set the uploads directory permission to 755 in order for the plugin to grab the thumbnails.

Gents, has anyone else experienced this by chance? Any thoughts on what may be causing the “Display post thumbnail” option to not stick?

Esmi — thanks a lot for your help! I was able to figure it out. I really appreciate your input.

Knut Sparhell — Wanted to thank you for all your help.

I ended up taking the “easier” route and transferred the site to a new install. Took a few days, but I figured it was only a matter of time before this admin issue caused more trouble.

Thanks again for all your help.

Knut-

Thank you again for the continued support.

I am going to gather PHP error data and circle back. Sadly I am just getting home from the office — the day job is leaving me with little energy and time to fix this problem. I am also just finding out that new users are no longer able to register to the site.

But, enough whining. I really appreciate the help and will follow up with the PHP error data ASAP.

Thank you,
Alberto

Knut – thanks a lot for the input there. I tried replacing the array in wp_user_roles with one of a clean install and continued to have the same limited admin rights issue.

Here is what my wp_user_roles look like:

a:5:{s:13:”administrator”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:13:”Administrator”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:70:{s:13:”switch_themes”;b:1;s:11:”edit_themes”;b:1;s:16:”activate_plugins”;b:1;s:12:”edit_plugins”;b:1;s:10:”edit_users”;b:1;s:10:”edit_files”;b:1;s:14:”manage_options”;b:1;s:17:”moderate_comments”;b:1;s:17:”manage_categories”;b:1;s:12:”manage_links”;b:1;s:12:”upload_files”;b:1;s:6:”import”;b:1;s:15:”unfiltered_html”;b:1;s:10:”edit_posts”;b:1;s:17:”edit_others_posts”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_posts”;b:1;s:13:”publish_posts”;b:1;s:10:”edit_pages”;b:1;s:4:”read”;b:1;s:8:”level_10″;b:1;s:7:”level_9″;b:1;s:7:”level_8″;b:1;s:7:”level_7″;b:1;s:7:”level_6″;b:1;s:7:”level_5″;b:1;s:7:”level_4″;b:1;s:7:”level_3″;b:1;s:7:”level_2″;b:1;s:7:”level_1″;b:1;s:7:”level_0″;b:1;s:17:”edit_others_pages”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_pages”;b:1;s:13:”publish_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_pages”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_pages”;b:1;s:22:”delete_published_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_posts”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_posts”;b:1;s:22:”delete_published_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_posts”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_posts”;b:1;s:18:”read_private_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_pages”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_pages”;b:1;s:18:”read_private_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_users”;b:1;s:12:”create_users”;b:1;s:17:”unfiltered_upload”;b:1;s:14:”edit_dashboard”;b:1;s:14:”update_plugins”;b:1;s:14:”delete_plugins”;b:1;s:15:”install_plugins”;b:1;s:13:”update_themes”;b:1;s:14:”install_themes”;b:1;s:14:”manage_ratings”;b:1;s:12:”manage_polls”;b:1;s:12:”wga_no_track”;b:0;s:12:”post_avatars”;b:1;s:23:”edit_post_subscriptions”;b:1;s:15:”edit_usergroups”;b:1;s:16:”ef_view_calendar”;b:1;s:20:”ef_view_story_budget”;b:1;s:11:”update_core”;b:1;s:10:”list_users”;b:1;s:12:”remove_users”;b:1;s:9:”add_users”;b:1;s:13:”promote_users”;b:1;s:18:”edit_theme_options”;b:1;s:13:”delete_themes”;b:1;s:6:”export”;b:1;}}s:6:”editor”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:6:”Editor”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:39:{s:17:”moderate_comments”;b:1;s:17:”manage_categories”;b:1;s:12:”manage_links”;b:1;s:12:”upload_files”;b:1;s:15:”unfiltered_html”;b:1;s:10:”edit_posts”;b:1;s:17:”edit_others_posts”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_posts”;b:1;s:13:”publish_posts”;b:1;s:10:”edit_pages”;b:1;s:4:”read”;b:1;s:7:”level_7″;b:1;s:7:”level_6″;b:1;s:7:”level_5″;b:1;s:7:”level_4″;b:1;s:7:”level_3″;b:1;s:7:”level_2″;b:1;s:7:”level_1″;b:1;s:7:”level_0″;b:1;s:17:”edit_others_pages”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_pages”;b:1;s:13:”publish_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_pages”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_pages”;b:1;s:22:”delete_published_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_posts”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_posts”;b:1;s:22:”delete_published_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_posts”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_posts”;b:1;s:18:”read_private_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_pages”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_pages”;b:1;s:18:”read_private_pages”;b:1;s:12:”wga_no_track”;b:0;s:12:”post_avatars”;b:1;s:23:”edit_post_subscriptions”;b:1;s:16:”ef_view_calendar”;b:1;s:20:”ef_view_story_budget”;b:1;}}s:6:”author”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:6:”Author”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:15:{s:12:”upload_files”;b:1;s:10:”edit_posts”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_posts”;b:1;s:13:”publish_posts”;b:1;s:4:”read”;b:1;s:7:”level_2″;b:1;s:7:”level_1″;b:1;s:7:”level_0″;b:1;s:12:”delete_posts”;b:1;s:22:”delete_published_posts”;b:1;s:12:”wga_no_track”;b:0;s:12:”post_avatars”;b:1;s:16:”ef_view_calendar”;b:1;s:23:”edit_post_subscriptions”;b:1;s:20:”ef_view_story_budget”;b:1;}}s:11:”contributor”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:11:”Contributor”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:8:{s:10:”edit_posts”;b:1;s:4:”read”;b:1;s:7:”level_1″;b:1;s:7:”level_0″;b:1;s:12:”delete_posts”;b:1;s:12:”wga_no_track”;b:0;s:16:”ef_view_calendar”;b:1;s:20:”ef_view_story_budget”;b:1;}}s:10:”subscriber”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:10:”Subscriber”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:3:{s:4:”read”;b:1;s:7:”level_0″;b:1;s:12:”wga_no_track”;b:0;}}}

See anything off here?

To start off in the s:4:"name";s:13:"Administrator";s:12:"capabilities";a:70 line, the 70 was 63 in the clean install. Not sure what the significance of it might be here.

Thanks again for all the help.

AWESOME GUYS! Thanks for the help here – will test it out tonight and see how it works.