Title: [Plugin: JSON API] Issue with Theme Editing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: JSON API] Issue with Theme Editing

 *  [justinchen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justinchen/)
 * (@justinchen)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-json-api-issue-with-theme-editing/)
 * The plugin works great, but when I go to edit a theme using the Theme Editor,
   I get a “Sorry, that file cannot be edited.” error message when clicking on a
   file besides the default theme file ([screenshot](https://img.skitch.com/20110325-xkc2exrycnjhc6cqidq5atyemm.png)).

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 * Last reply from: [justinchen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justinchen/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-json-api-issue-with-theme-editing/)
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