Logged in as admin, or am I??

  • Resolved dfds

    (@dfds)


    14 years, 4 months ago

    I upgraded to version 2.9.2 a while back and since then my ability to edit posts has been revoked! The option is not available. Also, I see a message to upgrade to v3.0 however it reads:
    “WordPress 3.0 is available! Please notify the site administrator”

    I would usually have the link available to upgrade but not anymore.
    I have no plugins installed, so we can rule that out as the culprit.

    Any ideas?

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  • We you go edit your profile what does it show your role as?

    Thread Starter dfds

    (@dfds)

    I can’t find any indication of my role on the profile page? Just the standard stuff I can edit like my name and password, etc.

    Plan B

    Log into cPanel -> phpmyadmin

    Click wp_usermeta

    In meta_value do you see anything like

    a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}

    Thread Starter dfds

    (@dfds)

    Hmm.. I see that under capabilities, yes. But capabilities is actually listed twice (along with all the other fields), and the second instance I see for capabilities is a:1:{s:6:"author";b:1;}

    Am I to assume that I’m logged in as the second instance, or user?? If so, how did that happen and how do I get the admin account?

    Thanks for your help wpbum!

    Backup your DB first…

    Find the ID of the one that has admin rights.

    Go to wp_users and delete the other one going by ID. So basically delete the user with Author rights.

    Log out, log in

    Thread Starter dfds

    (@dfds)

    Okay, there is only one user in the user table and it’s the ID of the Author. Shall I just change the ID to that of the admin?? Will that cause any unforeseen issues?

    Not that I can think of.

    Change it to “administrator”.

    If something isnt right then go back to author.

    Thread Starter dfds

    (@dfds)

    Yeah! That did it. Thank you again for the hand wpbum, I owe you a frosty! ??

    Woohoo!

    A frosty ??

    Dont forget to mark thread as resolved.

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