Error when voting: You do not have sufficient permissions

What is your site URL with the problem? The error seems to be coming from WP and not the plugin.

I disabled the plugin on my main site. Here is my staging site:
https://dev.writersonsocial.com

I am still waiting for my account to be activated: lesterchan

Does it work on the default theme? I got a feeling it is a JS error on your end (related to your theme)

Sooo sorry. I’ve been replying to the messages via email. No wonder you didn’t respond.

Please sign in with this pass: &WOSdev1!

Regarding the theme: Someone with the same theme was suggesting your plugin as the one to use for ratings. That’s why I’m surprised that I’m having problems with it.

Weird, I not too sure why you are getting that, because the error does not come from the plugin. I am guessing there are other plugins that is stopping this from happening?

You sure you have disabled all other plugins and switched to the default theme? Try Googling for it, https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=”Oops!+You+do+not+have+sufficient+permissions+to+access+this+page

Hi Lester,

I’ve searched extensively on Google. All problems seem to be about accessing the wp-admin. Nothing like what I’m experiencing.

I deactivated all the other plugins and then deleted them… WP-Postratings still won’t work for logged-in users.

Yeap the AJAX calls are to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (there is no way around it, it is how WP works).

Is there any code I can change that gives permissions to logged-in users to rate? I don’t understand how guests can but users can’t.

Your dev site doesn’t seem to be using the default theme or all the plugins activated except WP-PostRatings.

Are you using some membership plugin or something? I just tested on my site and I can’t reproduce the problem.

1. I registered a new user as “Subscriber” Role
2. Under Rating Options, I set “Who Is Allowed To Rate?” to “Registered Users Only”
3. I went to rate and it works fine.

My gut feeling is that you will have problem with all AJAX calls on the front end not just this plugin only.

No, there is no other plugin. I just created a new user as well and it didn’t work. (Did you use the five-star rating? That’s a theme default. I just turned that off so it wouldn’t be confusing. The wp-post rating is the single star option.)

You’re right! I tried another rating plugin and I got the same error message.

Okay, I tried a fresh install of WordPress with only my theme and your plugin uploaded and the ratings didn’t work for the subscriber account. I’ll have to contact the theme creators. Thanks so much for your help, Lester. You were very responsive. I appreciate it.