Are you sure you are logged in with Admin status – ie have you checked in your profile? Have you tried:
– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
– switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems?
– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
Thank You for your response, esmi.
I tried the things you listed, except resetting the plugins folder…none of it worked.
I am really not much of a developer yet so I do not want to tangle with resetting my plugins folder or ftp of prhadmin, quite frankly.
Just out of curiousity, were these things the solution for other people who had a problem with this in the past?
If I can’t fix this, is it possible to start fresh and not have this same problem. My webhost is Mediatemple and I use 1-click applications…
Thanks.
Impossible to say with 1-click installs.
Try resetting the plugins folder via FTP. It’s not that complicated and you can even do it with control panel stuff. This is not, by the way, considered a developer move. It’s just standard website maintenance.
Thank you for the support, Ipstenu.
Well, using Filezilla I actually managed to reset the plugins folder. It went smoothly. however, sadly, I still have the Submit for Review button and no publish button.
Any suggestions on where to go from here? Would be much appreciated.
Are you sure you are logged in with Admin status?
Yes, I am logged in as admin status.
Using PhpMyadmin (or another MySQL managament tool), navigate to your wp_usermeta table and locate the meta_key called “wp_capabilities” for your user_id. Check that the meta-value for this record is:
a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}
Thank You…umm, again I am not much of a developer yet so I am not familiar with databases and the like…but I did a google search for PhpMyAdmin, downloaded the program, and now have its folder on my desktop with a bunch of files. Not sure what to make of all of it. I don’t see anything like “phpmyadmin.exe” which if I saw that I’d know that is what I click to get the program installed and running…however…I’m just…lost.
There isn’t anyway to get to this meta-value through Filezilla is there?
Thank You for not giving up and for your patience.
Phpmyadmin is a web app (like WordPress) but installed by your web host. Ask them what SQL editing tools they have for your use.
Hello,
Thank You..I spoke with my web host and found the wp_capabilitites…Yes, this is it (pasted here)–>a:1:{s:13:”administrator”;b:1;}
So that is as it should be…
Any more ideas.
Oh-I was digging around and this might help…
in my blog’s file manager, under “wp-admin/post-new.php” it more or less says the the following message:
Since you’re a newcomer, you’ll have to wait for an admin to add the edit_posts capability to your user, in order to be authorized to post.
When you’re promoted, just reload this page and you’ll be able to blog.
Not sure why I am a newcomer all of a sudden and I’ve posted as admin 87 times already…maybe it has to do with the fact that my site was deactivated for a brief period of time and then reactivated again…but yeah, I wonder where I add the “edit posts” code to…somewhere in the wp_capability maybe??
You don’t. Something on your site has reset your status to author or contributor. Try re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress.
Ok, great. I’m sorry but what is the best way to reupload all files & folders, except the wp-content folder? Go into Filezilla, cut all the files from the directory and then paste them back in??
Just upload everything except the wp-content folder.
Yes, but from where to where? (I’m sorry, you have to understand i am really slow when it comes to these things…)
Thank YoU!
