Title: Required capabilities
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Required capabilities

 *  Resolved [MStilp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstilp/)
 * (@mstilp)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/required-capabilities/)
 * Hello,
    unfortunately, the capabilities option doesn’t work on my site. No matter
   if want to hide a menu from e.g. an editor or make a hidden one visible for an
   editor, the menu is always the same for him. Also when i try the URL itself, 
   it says “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this admin page.” I
   also tried to change the capabilities for the sub-menus as well (as you suggested
   in some other topics).
 * Regards,
    Manuel
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/required-capabilities/#post-6534557)
 * Could you elaborate on what settings you’ve tried so far, specifically?
 * In general, the capability field works as an extra filter that sits on top of
   default menu permissions. If the default required capability is “edit_posts”,
   only users who have that capability will be able to see and access the menu. 
   If you set it to “editor” instead, only users who have both the “edit_posts” 
   capability and the “editor” role will see it.
 * Note that you can’t completely get rid of the default capability requirement (
   in this case, “edit_posts”) because it is usually hardcoded in WordPress or the
   plugin that created the menu.
 * One unfortunate side-effect of the above is that you can’t give a role access
   to a menu that it couldn’t already see. If the original capability is “manage_options”(
   only admins have that) and you change that to “editor”, it just restricts menu
   permissions further. Editors still won’t be able to see it because they don’t
   have the “manage_options” capability.
 * To give an editor access to a menu, you’ll need to give them the required capability
   that’s associated with that menu. You can use any role editing plugin for that,
   e.g. this one:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/)
 * (The Pro version of Admin Menu Editor simplifies the process by automatically
   giving the necessary capability to selected role when you enable a menu item.)
 *  Thread Starter [MStilp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstilp/)
 * (@mstilp)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/required-capabilities/#post-6534614)
 * Hi Janis,
    thanks a lot! Everything works now. Great Plugin and great support!
   🙂
 * Best regards,
    Manuel

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