Why is my ‘export’ option missing?

  • gulliver

    (@gulliver)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    My tools>export option has vanished – even when reverting to the default TwentySeventeen theme and no active plugins.

    Direct access to /wp-admin/export.php delivers ‘Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.’ I’m wondering ‘why’, and what the fix is.

    And yes…

    I’m logged-in as admin.
    Also created another admin and tried that – no different.

    Seemed to happen while making various changes (but same issue with default theme suggests that’s not the cause), including switch to SSL (though can’t imagine why that’d be an issue).

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  • Thread Starter gulliver

    (@gulliver)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    UPDATE…

    I’ve just seen that the ‘wp_users’ table is empty – despite various users viewable in wp-admin/users.php.

    Because ‘export’ vanished from WP when I was testing various support-desk plugins, I’m wondering if that’s the cause of this issue.

    Joey – a11n

    (@jricketts4)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Hmm, that does seem odd. Did you already deactivate all of those support-desk plugins?

    Thread Starter gulliver

    (@gulliver)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    @jricketts4… thanks.Yes, they were trialed one-at-a-time and then deactivated.

    UPDATE… Although the export option is still absent, the possible cause isn’t as outlined above.

    I was mistaken/wrong about the ‘wp_users’ table being empty – it’s not. I’d inadvertently looked at the wrong database. (Duh!)

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    Thread Starter gulliver

    (@gulliver)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Further update…

    I restored the missing option by adding this to functions:

    
$admin_role = get_role( 'administrator' );
$admin_role->add_cap( 'export', true );

    And now, even when that code is commented-out, ‘export’ is available.

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