Title: Administrators cannot export in multisite installations
Last modified: January 12, 2024

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# Administrators cannot export in multisite installations

 *  Resolved [Josh Mckibbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshmckibbin/)
 * (@joshmckibbin)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/administrators-cannot-export-in-multisite-installations/)
 * In multisite installations this plugin only allows Super Admins to export backup
   files. Site Administrators that are not Super Admins are not able to access the
   plugin to run an export.

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 *  Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
 * (@wpallimport)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/administrators-cannot-export-in-multisite-installations/#post-17339340)
 * Hi [@joshmckibbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshmckibbin/),
 * > Site Administrators that are not Super Admins are not able to access the plugin
   > to run an export.
 * Yes, that’s expected behavior since we require the “install_plugins” capability
   to access the plugin in a multisite environment.
 * If you’d like to change it to the “manage_options” capability, you can do so 
   by adding this to your wp-config file:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'WPAI_WPAE_ALLOW_INSECURE_MULTISITE', 1 );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Josh Mckibbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshmckibbin/)
 * (@joshmckibbin)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/administrators-cannot-export-in-multisite-installations/#post-17339438)
 * Thanks for the quick response. I’ll play around with this option.

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 * Last reply from: [Josh Mckibbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshmckibbin/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/administrators-cannot-export-in-multisite-installations/#post-17339438)
 * Status: resolved