Title: Adding Menus and Widgets
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Adding Menus and Widgets

 *  [sme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitesme/)
 * (@sitesme)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/)
 * Hi there,
 * Is there a way to add “Menus” and “Widgets” to a specific role?
 * Thank you

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 *  [Rajan Vijayan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajanit2000/)
 * (@rajanit2000)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243660)
 * Hi Sitesme.,
 * Just try this code
 *     ```
       <?php if( is_admin() ){
       	dynamic_sidebar( 'Sidebar Admin' );
       }else if( is_author() ){
       	dynamic_sidebar( 'Sidebar Author' );
       }else{
       	dynamic_sidebar( 'Sidebar Default' );
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  [andrewcrook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewcrook/)
 * (@andrewcrook)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243661)
 * Hi sitesme
 * There are a number of plugins that will allow you to add and customise user roles
   in WordPress.
 * I’d recommend Adminimize ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/adminimize/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/adminimize/))
   or User Role Editor ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/)).
 * Let me know how you go.
 *  Thread Starter [sme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitesme/)
 * (@sitesme)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243667)
 * Hi,
 * I meant to add this on Woocommerce under the role “Shop Manager”.
 * Thank you
 *  [andrewcrook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewcrook/)
 * (@andrewcrook)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243669)
 * Hi sitesme
 * The Woocommerce ‘Shop Manager’ role is simply a custom role. You should be able
   to change its capabilities (what he or she has access to) using the User Role
   Editor above.
 *  Thread Starter [sme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitesme/)
 * (@sitesme)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243673)
 * Thank you all for your help but…
 * I still can not find the Appearance > Menus option anywhere in the User Role 
   Editor.
 *  [Rajan Vijayan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajanit2000/)
 * (@rajanit2000)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243676)
 * Sitesme.,
 * There is no User Role options. You need to be create custom Widget or use my 
   code logic what i mention on top
 *  [andrewcrook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewcrook/)
 * (@andrewcrook)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243678)
 * You’ll need to enable the edit_theme_options capability.
 * This will give access to everything under the Appearance heading, but not necessarily
   grant permission for all functionality – for example, they won’t be able to change
   themes.
 *  Thread Starter [sme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitesme/)
 * (@sitesme)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243679)
 * Still doesn’t.
 * I activate it and all I can see is this: [http://d.pr/i/b2id/5O2iKAmH](http://d.pr/i/b2id/5O2iKAmH),
   not the menus
 *  [andrewcrook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewcrook/)
 * (@andrewcrook)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243687)
 * That’s odd.
 * Activating the edit_theme_options should give you access to
    Appearance > Themes,
   Customize, Widgets, Menus etc
 * Even for a user with no other privileges. Make sure you’re selecting the ‘Shop
   Manager’ role from the dropdown.
 * My experience with Woocommerce is limited. Perhaps someone else can provide another
   suggestion?
 *  [karvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karvy/)
 * (@karvy)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-menus-and-widgets/#post-5243921)
 * Hi,
    will this plugin help me to assign the possibility of using a specific plugin
   to the editor role? thanks

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