Title: User Cannot Access Admin Area
Last modified: February 19, 2019

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# User Cannot Access Admin Area

 *  Resolved [SR20DETg20girl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sr20detg20girl/)
 * (@sr20detg20girl)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-cannot-access-admin-area/)
 * I have created a new user role called “Area Rep” that should be able to view 
   other user information, event posts, etc… but when they try to log in they get
   an error message of “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” Any ideas
   what could be wrong?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fuser-cannot-access-admin-area%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * (@stevejburge)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-cannot-access-admin-area/#post-11222133)
 * Hi [@sr20detg20girl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sr20detg20girl/)
 * Thanks for using CME.
 * There could be 101 things going on here, depending on your setup.
 * Can you email [help@publishpress.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-cannot-access-admin-area/help@publishpress.com?output_format=md)
   with the URL the users are trying to access, plus a screenshot of your CME settings.
 *  Thread Starter [SR20DETg20girl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sr20detg20girl/)
 * (@sr20detg20girl)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-cannot-access-admin-area/#post-11224764)
 * Email sent. Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * (@stevejburge)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-cannot-access-admin-area/#post-11227272)
 * Got it, thanks
 * It inspired me to write about the “read” permission quickly because I know it’s
   confusingly named:
    [https://publishpress.com/blog/read-permission-wordpress/](https://publishpress.com/blog/read-permission-wordpress/)

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 * Last reply from: [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-cannot-access-admin-area/#post-11227272)
 * Status: resolved