Title: Plugin security
Last modified: October 24, 2021

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# Plugin security

 *  Resolved [moderworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moderworks/)
 * (@moderworks)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-security-5/)
 * Can I restrict access to plugin settings? The Authors group has access. This 
   is bad. Only the administrator should have access.
    Thanks to!

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 *  Plugin Author [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
 * (@lorro)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-security-5/#post-15000753)
 * Are you saying authors should be allowed to access the table set by the administrator
   on the Settings tab, but not to change the table, or that they should not be 
   allowed to access any of the functionality of the plugin? I’m trying to think
   of the best way to address this.
 *  Plugin Author [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
 * (@lorro)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-security-5/#post-15000849)
 * I think the whole plugin should be administrator access only. The stats are showing
   it already has lots of users, so its too late to alter the default, as some users
   maybe inconvenienced. Instead, I’ve added a new option on the settings tab where
   the level of access can be restricted to administrators.
 * To see this option, please update to v1.5.4.
 * Thank you for pointing out this issue.
 *  Thread Starter [moderworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moderworks/)
 * (@moderworks)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-security-5/#post-15000909)
 * > I’ve added a new option on the settings tab where the level of access can be
   > restricted to administrators.
 * Thank you! Admin only access – great!

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 * Last reply from: [moderworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moderworks/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-security-5/#post-15000909)
 * Status: resolved