Title: Editor cannot access Media
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Editor cannot access Media

 *  [yayson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yayson/)
 * (@yayson)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-cannot-access-media/)
 * I have a WP installation (one of many) and I just set up the first user as an“
   Editor” role but she logs in and there is no Media section in the left hand navigation
   nor is there the icons/functionality to upload media of any type when creating
   a new post/page (or editing another).
 * I have disabled or flat out deleted plugins and this has had no effect.
 * I checked another installation that is allowing Editors access to Media Library
   and the only difference I can see is at the server level:
 * The problem installation is running PHP 5.2 FastCGI with mod_security and the
   one working fine is running PHP 4 CGI with mod_security. I don’t think this should
   have any bearing (if anything I’d think the problem reversed) but as I said, 
   it’s the only thing different.
 * help! 🙂 and thanks

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 *  [John Levandowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlevandowski/)
 * (@jlevandowski)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-cannot-access-media/#post-2289689)
 * Are you perhaps running multisite? There is an option detailed here that you 
   must check to enable media uploads. [http://codex.wordpress.org/Network_Admin_Settings_Screen#Upload_Settings](http://codex.wordpress.org/Network_Admin_Settings_Screen#Upload_Settings)
 *  Thread Starter [yayson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yayson/)
 * (@yayson)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-cannot-access-media/#post-2289701)
 * I am **not** running multi-site

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 * [editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editor/)
 * [media library](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media-library/)

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 * Last reply from: [yayson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yayson/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-cannot-access-media/#post-2289701)
 * Status: not resolved

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