eljacko876

that is correct, it then changed the contributor to authors, and changed the default sign up role to author.As authors they see the sub menus, not as contributors. My new issue is only showing authors their posts instead of all posts of that custom type. Any ideas?

Ok so I made the users Authors instead of contributors and the can now see the sub menus.

Ok so I added

and Contributor still cannot see the sub menu, only the top level label of the custom post. here is my code for registering the post type. I have deactivated and reactivated the plugin I created to create the post type aswell.

register_post_type('user-song',
			array(
			 'labels' => array(
                'name' => 'My Songs',
                'singular_name' => 'My Song',
                'add_new' => 'Add New Song',
                'add_new_item' => 'Add New Song',
                'edit' => 'Edit',
                'edit_item' => 'Edit Song',
                'new_item' => 'New Song',
                'view' => 'View',
                'view_item' => 'View Song',
                'search_items' => 'Search Songs',
                'not_found' => 'No Songs found',
                'not_found_in_trash' => 'No Songs found in Trash',
                'parent' => 'Parent Song'
            ),

				'public'  => true,
				'has_archive' => true,
				'show_ui' => true,
				'supports' => array('thumbnail','title', 'editor','comments'),

				   'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
                                 'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
                                'show_in_menu' => true,
				'taxonomies' => array( '' )
			)
		);

just to be clear. my issue is i can see the drop down menu for custom post types on the left sidebar in the dashboard as the admin. but not once logged in as contributor. I only see the top level label “My Songs” and not add new etc..below it…thanks again for any help.