Title: Admin Roles
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Admin Roles

 *  [thebmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebmg/)
 * (@thebmg)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-roles/)
 * I installed User Role Editor and accidentally changed my admin roles. Now most
   of the my controls do not show up on my dashboard and I cant control my website.
   How do I change my admin roles back to default? Please help!?!?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * (@shinephp)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-roles/#post-4011411)
 * Administrator role has all capabilities turned on. So turn on all checkboxes 
   and you will get the default Administrator role.
    If you has some other custom
   roles and changed them, try to deactivate/activate plugins to which these roles
   belongs. If it will not help, you may a chance to restore roles manually with
   SQL tool. URE makes roles backup before you fire the 1st changes to the site 
   roles. You may find this backup record at wp_options DB database table with this
   select command:
 *     ```
       SELECT * FROM wp_options where option_name like '%backup_user_roles%' or option_name like '%user_roles%'
       ```
   
 * So your task is to put option_value field content from backup record to the live
   one with the ‘wp_user_roles’ key. Change ‘wp’ to the prefix of your database 
   if you changed it.
 * This post could help
    [http://shinephp.com/how-to-change-wordpress-user-role-capabilities/](http://shinephp.com/how-to-change-wordpress-user-role-capabilities/)

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 * Last reply from: [Vladimir Garagulya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinephp/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-roles/#post-4011411)
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