Title: [Plugin: OptionTree] allowing editor use
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: OptionTree] allowing editor use

 *  Resolved [brianharrington](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianharrington/)
 * (@brianharrington)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-optiontree-allowing-editor-use/)
 * Is there a way i can make the tab available to an Editor role, i don’t trust 
   my clients around the appearance tab and usually set them up as editors 🙂
 * thanks for such a great tool.
 * BH
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/option-tree/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/option-tree/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Derek Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valendesigns/)
 * (@valendesigns)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-optiontree-allowing-editor-use/#post-2093765)
 * You would need to modify the permissions in the class.admin.php where the menu
   is created. That’s in the option_tree_admin() function.
 *  [AlexKilgour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkilgour/)
 * (@alexkilgour)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-optiontree-allowing-editor-use/#post-2093845)
 * Hi Derek,
 * Would you be able to be a bit more specific about how you modify permissions.
   I am having the same problem and have looked in the option_tree_admin() function
   but cannot work out how to enable for other roles.
 * Many Thanks
    Alex
 *  [MagicStick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicstick/)
 * (@magicstick)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-optiontree-allowing-editor-use/#post-2093847)
 * I would also like further help on this if possible.
 *  [otreva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otreva/)
 * (@otreva)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-optiontree-allowing-editor-use/#post-2093861)
 * An alternative would be to give your editor the ‘edit_theme_options’ permissions
   and then export your theme options and make the theme **OptionTree aware** (in
   the OptionTree documentation on how to do this.) The only downside is that your
   editor then has access to things like menus and widgets which for me is usually
   necessary anyway. I just don’t want them messing with theme files.
 * Add the below to your theme’s functions.php somewhere between the opening <?php
   and closing ?>
 *     ```
       $role_object = get_role( 'editor' );
       $role_object->add_cap( 'edit_theme_options' );
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-optiontree-allowing-editor-use/#post-2093861)
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