Plugins menu doesn't appear in the admin panel

问题:

I'm having a very simple problem. I'm new to WordPress and I'm trying to install a plugin.

Everyone says there's a "plugins" option on the sidebar-menu in the admin panel, but I don't see one! I've looked for it in all the sub-menus too.

Whenever I try to search for this problem, I get results about creating a plugin to show on the admin menu.

Anyway, how can I get the plugins menu to show up?

回答1:

The issue is almost certainly related to one of two things:

1) You don't have permissions (are you logged in as admin?)

OR

2) The theme (or a plugin) has disabled the plugins menu.

After you've checked to be sure that you are an administrator, then you should attempt to view this page:

http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/plugins.php (replacing www.yourdomain.com with your site's domain name).

If it's accessible, then it's time to start exploring the theme (which theme are you using?) and possibly some of the plugins that might have disabled the menu item.

FYI, the method to remove dashboard menu items is covered here: http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-remove-menus-in-wordpress-dashboard

回答2:

If you did double check your file permissions (i.e. 755 for folders and 644 for wordpress files on Linux), please consider editing your wp-config.php file and change

define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS',true);

to

define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS',false);

The Add New option in Plugins menu will show up, also if you have internet connection, possible updates will be shown up.

回答3:

This what I found looking for the same problem, I guess this is your situation also:

If your site is hosted on WordPress.com:

Plugins: Plugins are tools used to extend the functionality of the WordPress platform. However, they are only applicable to self-hosted blogs and web sites using the WordPress.org software. Plugins are not permitted here at WordPress.com for various security reasons.

回答4:

On wordpress.com hosted sites, you don't have permission to install plugins. You must have an own wordpress installation to do that.

回答5:

I found this post searching for help with a similar issue with a self-hosted WordPress installation -- in this case it was a site that a friend had paid someone to make, but then took them off the work and asked me to help out.

There were several regular menu options missing -- it turned out to be down to a plugin called Admin Menu Editor that the previous web guy had installed to limit the options available to my friend, so they wouldn't mess with things.

In this case I could access the options for Admin Menu Editor by going to http://www.example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=menu_editor

回答6:

In one of my cases it turned out to be strictly file permission thing so apache users could not access the plugins directory.

回答7:

I have never seen that problem before. However, try either expanding all the current menu items to see if "plugins" are listed there, or try deactivating some/all of your plugins to see if one of the plugins are conflicting somehow and making your plugins menu not display.

回答8:

If you install a local WordPress the Plugins sub menu will not appear for any of the sites you work. Click My Sites area at the top of the page then click Network Admin and then click Dashboard. The Plugins sub menu will appear there. Then install new plugins and use it on sites on which you are working. Good luck.