Title: upload button Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # upload button * Resolved [ann98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ann98/) * (@ann98) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/) * Hi Jeff, I am loving your plugin but am having difficulty with the upload image button. * First of I’m currently running on my local pc. When logged in as administrator I am able to post front end and upload a picture by using the media button (rich text editor enabled) – the image previews on screen, uploads and looks great. Still logged in as administrator I then submit a new post and try to upload another image via the ‘upload image – choose a file’ option, no image is previewing and after the post is submitted there is no image. In this instance the image has not uploaded to the media files. * I then try the same logged in as a user with an Author role. Uploading via the media button I return an error ‘you don’t have permission to attach files to this post’, again using the upload image – choose a file gives no preview nor does it upload file. The only area I can even return an error message is using the media button. * I installed the plugin user role editor thinking that maybe somehow the capability of the Author role had been changed. I went to change the Author role to include uploading media files however Author does already have permission to do that. * It appears there are 2 issues, firstly the input form from which I’m submitting a post (shortcode [user-submitted-posts]) doesn’t recognise that Author does have the correct permissions and secondly the ‘upload image – choose a file’ doesn’t actually appear to do anything. * Other than the upload image button and author ability to upload this plugin is doing almost everything I need it too. Any assistance would be great, thanks. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/) Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5616857) * Thanks for reporting this, I will have to investigate for the next plugin update. If you discover any further clues please feel free to post them on this thread. Thanks again. Also, I assume this is for the free version of the plugin, correct? * Thread Starter [ann98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ann98/) * (@ann98) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5616863) * Yes, free version. I’m having another read through of your FAQ’s on this to see if I can figure out any more – unfortunately I am lost when it comes to php! ( re: WP-Mix). * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5616869) * Okay awesome, please keep me in the loop with any further infos 🙂 * Thread Starter [ann98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ann98/) * (@ann98) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617029) * OK so I’ve run through and disabled all my plugins, still the same issue. Still to try with another theme though. * Thread Starter [ann98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ann98/) * (@ann98) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617035) * Have tried with another theme, still no luck. * The author role if given access to the admin module is able to upload images just as the administrator is. * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617040) * Okay, so if I understand correctly image upload is not working for a customized“ Author” role that you have set up? If so, it could be in the code used to implement..? * Thread Starter [ann98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ann98/) * (@ann98) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617061) * Nothing customised about the author role, its the standard WP role, just as the administrator role is. * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617062) * Okay thanks. I will investigate authors ability to upload files next opportunity. I also will look at the Upload button and see if that is working for authors. I know for sure that it works normally for admins, but with authors there could be a bug. Either way, thank you for the feedback. * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617224) * Just to follow-up with this, it seems that WordPress allows only Admins to upload files via the Upload Media button when submitting from the front-end. So anyone can upload files using the File(s) field, but only Admins can do it with the drag-drop “Upload Media” functionality (like in the Media Library). * [cogdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogdog/) * (@cogdog) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617247) * I have a site with a front end form where non Admins can upload, from this note [http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/116489/14945](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/116489/14945), I set things up with: * ``` add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'add_truwriter_scripts'); function add_truwriter_scripts() { if ( is_page('write') ) { // use on just our special writing page // add media scripts if we are on our wriing page and not an admin // after http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/116489/14945 if (! is_admin() ) wp_enqueue_media(); } } ``` * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617248) * Hi cogdog, thanks for the heads up on that technique, will implement it or similar for the next update. Cheers. * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617249) * Hi cogdog, * I tried the following but it did not work: * ``` function add_media_scripts() { wp_enqueue_media(); } add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'add_media_scripts'); ``` * I tried with visitor (not logged in) and Subscriber (logged in), but no Add Media button is displayed. Is there something else that you did to make it work? Thanks. * Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/) * (@specialk) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-button-2/#post-5617250) * Just to follow up with this: the latest version of USP Pro now supports “Add Media” for Subscribers and Contributors. Similar support should be added to the free version in a future update. Thanks to everyone for their feedback. 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