Title: edit_documents capability
Last modified: November 20, 2020

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# edit_documents capability

 *  [aglamazy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aglamazy/)
 * (@aglamazy)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_documents-capability/)
 * Sounds like a plugin that I need.
 * But I’m getting this message after activating:
 * You do not have the edit_documents capability possibly due to multiple conficting
   roles or use of a custom role!
 * Yes, I do have a few roles.
 * How can I use the plugin?
 * Yaakov.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [nwjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nwjames/)
 * (@nwjames)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_documents-capability/#post-13694973)
 * [@aglamazy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aglamazy/),
    You might have an
   issue – or not.
 * If you inactivate and then reactivate the plug-in then you will see whether there
   is an actual problem or not.
 * If, on the second activation, you do not get this message, then there is no problem
   for you.
 * A fix has been made, but not yet released, for this scenario.
 * If you do get the message, then it is because the user who is activating the 
   package (normally Administratoe) would expect to see under the Documents menu
   the options Document List and Add Document. However the user needs to have edit_documents
   capability to see this.
 * Since the plug-in gives Administrator edit_documents capability, you might ask
   why this process exists.
 * It is because the activation process assigns document capabilities to ALL roles–
   with the default being not to have this capability. Therefore if the Administrator
   has another role, then it is probable that the user does not have the edit_documents
   capability. And this may cause some confusion.
 * Hope this clarifies,
    Neil James

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit_documents-capability/#post-13694973)
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