Title: Export/Import tabs missing Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Export/Import tabs missing * Resolved [Jeff Hester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigblueball/) * (@bigblueball) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/) * I’m running the latest version of TablePress, but in the admin console I do not get the Import or Export tabs. * I get All Tables, Add New, and Plugin Options — no import or export tabs. * I renamed the tablepress plugin folder (to deactivate without uninstalling) and reinstalled and activated Tablepress from scratch, with the same issue. * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/) Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296186) * Hi, * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble. * That means that your user (or the user role that it has) does not possess the necessary access rights/capabilities for importing and exporting tables. * If you are not an admin user, an admin might have taken those from you, otherwise they might have been removed by accident. * Can you maybe check with a plugin like [Members](http://wordpress.org/plugins/members/) or [User Role Editor](http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/) whether your user’s user role has the “tablepress_import_tables” and “tablepress_export_tables” capabilities? * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [Jeff Hester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigblueball/) * (@bigblueball) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296223) * I am the only administrator. I used User Role Editor and checked my capabilities. All of the “tablepress_*” options are checked. * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296228) * Hi, * ok, thanks for checking. That’s really weird then, and I don’t see what could be wrong here… Therefore, if possible, I’d like to take a direct look at this on your site. Could you therefore please create a temporary admin account for me and send me the details via email (the address is in the main plugin file “ tablepress.php”)? That way, I can investigate this directly. Thanks! * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [Jeff Hester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigblueball/) * (@bigblueball) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296248) * Done. Thanks for looking into this. * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296252) * Hi, * thanks! I was able to log-in and could reproduce the issue. Then, I went into User Role Editor, and saw that the “tablepress_import_tables” and “tablepress_export_tables” capabilities were missing entirely (i.e. they were not even appearing as unchecked checkboxes). I then simply re-added them, so that all TablePress screens should appear now 🙂 * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [Jeff Hester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigblueball/) * (@bigblueball) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296254) * Perfect! Thanks Tobias! Awesome support! * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296257) * Hi, * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped! * Best wishes, Tobias * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress) here in the plugin directory. Thanks! * Thread Starter [Jeff Hester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigblueball/) * (@bigblueball) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296265) * Worked like a charm. Resolved. * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296272) * Hi, * thanks for the confirmation! * Best wishes, Tobias * [SENO_Media](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seno_media/) * (@seno_media) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296402) * Hey Tobias, I too did this trying to get a user to only be able to edit tables. Is there something I can do in mysqladmin? or do I need you to work your magic? * Thanks! * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296403) * Hi, * if you want to strip a user of certain rights, I recommend to use the “Members” plugin from [http://wordpress.org/plugins/members/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/members/) It has a Role Manager built in that you can use to remove certain capabilities from the desired user roles. With that, you need to remove all capabilities that begin with “tablepress_” from the desired user roles. * Regards, Tobias * [SENO_Media](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seno_media/) * (@seno_media) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296404) * Oops, sorry I should have been more clear. I have lost the Tablepress tab as well. Is it something I can fix in mysqladmin? * Got it! * I used the following link then deleted the plugin. I will try Members. * Thanks Tobias! * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-user-role-editor-can-remove-admin-menu-and-functionality](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-user-role-editor-can-remove-admin-menu-and-functionality) * I’m using the TablePress Plugin and Duplicate Posts plugin. * If you “Reset” roles in User Role Editor, 1) Your TablePress menu will be unaccessible and 2) You “clone” posts/pages from the Duplicate Posts will be gone. * To restore your admin menu for Tablepress: * 1. Goto User Role Manager and click “Add Capability” 2. Re-enter the below for Tablepress – this will restore your Tablepress admin menu. * tablepress_edit_tables tablepress_delete_tables tablepress_list_tables tablepress_add_tables tablepress_copy_tables tablepress_import_tables tablepress_export_tables tablepress_access_options_screen tablepress_access_about_screen tablepress_import_tables_wptr tablepress_edit_options * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296406) * Hi, * yes, that’s what I meant 🙂 Good to hear that you were able to restore the capabilities. Just be careful with which user roles you give them to (if your sites has multiple users in different roles). * Regards, Tobias Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Export/Import tabs missing’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/tablepress/assets/icon.svg?rev=3192944) * [TablePress - Tables in WordPress made easy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/) ## Tags * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/) * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/) * 13 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-tabs-missing/#post-4296406) * Status: resolved