Title: "create new plugin" option missing
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# "create new plugin" option missing

 *  Resolved [tinynestproject](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinynestproject/)
 * (@tinynestproject)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-plugin-option-missing/)
 * Hi, what are the causes for the “create new plugin” option to be missing? I just
   installed your plugin and even after deactivating all my other plugins, I do 
   not see the function of Pluginception.
 * Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/pluginception/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pluginception/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-plugin-option-missing/#post-5572920)
 * There aren’t any such causes. The Create New Plugin will be available under the
   Plugins menu. If it’s not there, you don’t have the Pluginception plugin activated.
 *  Thread Starter [tinynestproject](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinynestproject/)
 * (@tinynestproject)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-plugin-option-missing/#post-5572922)
 * I certainly hope I get more support than that. I’m not lying, the option is not
   displaying… here is a screenshot showing what I’m seeing (or rather not seeing):
   
   [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27668/permanent%20tiny%20nest%20things/forum%20posts/pluginception.jpg](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27668/permanent%20tiny%20nest%20things/forum%20posts/pluginception.jpg)
 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-plugin-option-missing/#post-5572926)
 * Well, the menu item is connected to the “edit_plugins” permission built into 
   WordPress. If you lack that permission for any reason, then the menu item simply
   will not show up.
 * There’s 4 cases where you won’t have that permission:
 * 1. You’re not logged in as an admin user.
    2. Your site is on a multisite configuration
   and you’re not logged in as a super-admin user. 3. If the DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT 
   define is enabled, then you can’t edit files. 4. If the DISALLOW_FILE_MODS define
   is enabled, then you can’t edit files either.
 * Any of those cases will prevent the menu item from appearing. In such cases, 
   you also won’t have any plugin or theme editor displayed in the WordPress admin
   interface either, so you wouldn’t be able to edit a plugin from there even if
   you could create one.
 *  Thread Starter [tinynestproject](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinynestproject/)
 * (@tinynestproject)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-plugin-option-missing/#post-5572987)
 * Thank you. I found that 1, 2, and 4 were not applicable, but that DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT
   was set to true in my wp-config.php
    I set it to true and the option appeared
   upon refresh.

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 * Last reply from: [tinynestproject](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinynestproject/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-new-plugin-option-missing/#post-5572987)
 * Status: resolved