Title: Admin Users cannot access Widgets
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Admin Users cannot access Widgets

 *  Resolved [ericreynolds007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericreynolds007/)
 * (@ericreynolds007)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-users-cannot-access-widgets/)
 * I am using Restrict Widgets on a Multisite. The plugin works well. However, with
   it activated, only super admins can access any of the sites’ Widgets area. The
   link under the Appearance menu doesn’t display for site admins. Any idea why?
 * 🙂 Eric
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-widgets/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-widgets/)

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 *  [derek53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derek53/)
 * (@derek53)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-users-cannot-access-widgets/#post-4099610)
 * I too have this problem. Every time I select widgets I get taken back to the 
   members login. If I enter my login details I end back at the home page.
    I use
   wordpress 3.6 with shopperpress theme and deactivating all plugoiins makes no
   difference
 *  Thread Starter [ericreynolds007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericreynolds007/)
 * (@ericreynolds007)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-users-cannot-access-widgets/#post-4099611)
 * I discovered the solution. Restrict Widgets cannot be network activated. It needs
   to be activated manually for each site. This makes sense because the primary 
   site on my Multisite installation displays the Widgets link from the Dashboard
   for site admins. It’s only the additional sites that do not allow admin users
   to view the link.
 * Therefore, deactivate the plugin on the Network plugins page, visit your site
   Dashboards and manually activate them.
 * 🙂 Eric
 *  [derek53](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derek53/)
 * (@derek53)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-users-cannot-access-widgets/#post-4099614)
 * I found my solution simply by installing the Google Libraries plugin, sometimes
   its the simple things and please dont ask me why or how this fixed my problem
 *  Plugin Author [dFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfactory/)
 * (@dfactory)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-users-cannot-access-widgets/#post-4099623)
 * It shouldn’t fix the problem because Restrict Widgets is not multisite compatible
   yet. It should work installed on each site separately, but not multisite activated.

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 * Last reply from: [dFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfactory/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-users-cannot-access-widgets/#post-4099623)
 * Status: resolved