Title: error – not allowed to edit posts
Last modified: October 24, 2016

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# error – not allowed to edit posts

 *  [otheraccount](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otheraccount/)
 * (@otheraccount)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/)
 * Hi all. Fairly new to wordpress but don’t have the funds to pay someone more 
   knowledgeable. I have been trying for days to get my site up and running but 
   every time I go into edit a page or post I get this error:
    Pages : Sorry, you
   are not allowed to edit posts in this post type. Posts: Invalid post type.
 * Not sure how I went wrong as all I did was install wordpress and choose a theme(
   twenty-sixteen).
 * I have made 2 websites now using wordpress and haven’t had this problem before.
   Can someone shed some light on my issue. TIA

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/#post-8345518)
 * Can you replicate the problem using the default Twenty Sixteen theme with all
   plugins deactivated?
 *  Thread Starter [otheraccount](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otheraccount/)
 * (@otheraccount)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/#post-8345536)
 * Hey Tara, thanks for your reply. It currently is at default without any plugins
   installed. It is right at the very beginning of wordpress installation. I thought
   it may have been my browser but…. I have tried it on 3 different ones (opera,
   mozilla and explorer) and still the same problem.
 *  Thread Starter [otheraccount](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otheraccount/)
 * (@otheraccount)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/#post-8352487)
 * turns out to be a bad install. Uninstalled and reinstalled and everything is 
   working fine.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/#post-8354017)
 * Glad you got it sorted 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [otheraccount](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otheraccount/)
 * (@otheraccount)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/#post-8355365)
 * So am I! :\
 *  [cykelsmurf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cykelsmurf/)
 * (@cykelsmurf)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/#post-9251456)
 * Hi, I got similar errors the other day. Installation worked fine on monday night,
   on tuesday I got the errors. The site has been running fine for over two years.
   Updating to 4.8 did not solve the problem.
 * When trying to edit drafts i get “Sorry, you are not allowed to edit posts in
   this post type.”
 * When trying to create a new post I sometimes (or just by clicking “Posts->All
   posts”) i get: “Invalid post type”.
 * Also the boxes with Publish buttons, post types etc are empty, just a dotted 
   line box or completely missing. Sometimes I can access the post list but its 
   empty even though the number above it says there are numerous posts.
 * No problems editing or publishing from wordpress.com or the iOS App.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [cykelsmurf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cykelsmurf/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [cykelsmurf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cykelsmurf/).

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 * Last reply from: [cykelsmurf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cykelsmurf/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-not-allowed-to-edit-posts/#post-9251456)
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