Title: cmp basic setup requires network admin?
Last modified: April 13, 2019

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# cmp basic setup requires network admin?

 *  Resolved [r6squeegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r6squeegee/)
 * (@r6squeegee)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cmp-basic-setup-requires-network-admin/)
 * Does CMP really need network admin access (adverse to just admin access)?
 * I have a multi-site setup and I created a user who is just an admin of the site.
   CMP plugin is installed, I can hover over “cmp settings” and see the menu. I 
   can even click on any of the CMP options and everythig works – except CMP Basic
   Setup. It just goes to an error page saying: “The requested URL /wp-admin/cmp-
   settings was not found on this server.”
 * I’ve set my wordpress to just /, i.e. it’s the advanced option is going to : /
   wp-admin/admin.php?page=cmp-advanced (and it works) but basic one seems to be
   different.
 * If I login as a network admin though, everything works fine.
 * Any ideas?

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 *  Plugin Author [NiteoThemes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niteo/)
 * (@niteo)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cmp-basic-setup-requires-network-admin/#post-11424224)
 * Hi, network admin is not required, standard admin of site should do just fine.
 * Could you try to access Basic settings by `/wp-admin/admin.php?page=cmp-settings`
   link?
 *  Thread Starter [r6squeegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r6squeegee/)
 * (@r6squeegee)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cmp-basic-setup-requires-network-admin/#post-11424749)
 * when I do that as a regular admin, all I get is “Sorry, you are not allowed to
   access this page.”
 * If I do that as a network admin, it all works fine.
 *  Plugin Author [NiteoThemes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niteo/)
 * (@niteo)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cmp-basic-setup-requires-network-admin/#post-11424928)
 * OK, I reviewed the code, and `cmp-settings` page requires ‘activate_plugins’ 
   capability indeed, which I guess is allowed only to network admin in multisite
   setup(which is weird, as it works fine under mine multisite setup).
 * But anyway, I will change it to ‘manage_options’ in the next plugin update, and
   that should allow administrators to have access to it.
 * – update is scheduled for next week, but I can send you details what to change
   if you want to have it working earlier 🙂
 * Cheers, Alex
 *  Thread Starter [r6squeegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r6squeegee/)
 * (@r6squeegee)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cmp-basic-setup-requires-network-admin/#post-11425052)
 * okay cool thanks. I can wait for the next update, I’ve got a work around for 
   now. cheers, thanks.

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