how to give author user permission to access

This is a new feature coming in the next version of the plugin. It’s currently a WIP and several weeks away.

is there any temp way for this to be implemented?

Yes. You can replace:

if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {

with

if ( current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {

in admin/admin-metabox.php
https://github.com/WebberZone/top-10/blob/master/admin/admin-metabox.php#L69

This does not work, actually causes wp-admin to be inaccessible

Could you please confirm that all you’re changing is ‘manage_options’ on this line with ‘edit_posts’ in that specific line?

Just changing this shouldn’t make wp-admin inaccessible.

HI, ok i changed the right file and the counter now visible but after update the figure which i changed in top 10 views within post does not it reverts back to original figire

Does this happen irrespective if the user is an admin or a non-admin/

Only non admin

Thanks for confirming. I need to do more testing around this.

Thanks, any update on this?

Hi,

I just ran a check on my site. The easiest way to get this to work is to actually delete

if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {

and the closing bracket soon after

if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
?>
	<p>
		<label for="total_count"><?php _e( "Visit count:", TPTN_LOCAL_NAME ); ?></label>
		<input type="text" id="total_count" name="total_count" value="<?php echo $total_count ?>" style="width:100%" />
		<em><?php _e( "Enter a number above to update the visit count. Leaving the above box blank will set the count to zero", TPTN_LOCAL_NAME ); ?></em>
	</p>

<?php
	}