WordPress MU

1. RocketPopScott
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey guys, I recently installed WordpressMU for a new site I'm working on. I created a new user after installation, gave myself Admin privileges, then deleted the "Admin" user, transferring all comments, posts, etc to my user.

   So, now when I log in, I can't see Plug-Ins in my dashboard, and when I try to enter the direct URL for that page I'm informed that I don't have access to that "Page is disabled by administrator" which I obviously didn't do.

   How can I fix this? The domain is hoopsjones.com

   Thanks,
   Scott

2. andrea_r
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You have to leave the admin user there.

3. RocketPopScott
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   So now that I've deleted it, is there any way to add it back? Why can't you just create a new Admin like with the regular Wordpress app?

4. andrea_r
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You can make a new Site Admin user, and give them all privileges as well, but I haven't found where in the code it keeps looking for 'admin" to be there.

5. RocketPopScott
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   What files can I delete in the setup that will reset the users to the default? Or do I have to reinstall ALL of the Wordpress files? Jeeeez, what a pain. If they know you can't delete the "Admin" user without hosing things up, even with a NEW Admin assigned, then they shouldn't allow that user to be deleted...at least that would seem logical to me. But maybe I'm missing something...

6. cafespain
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Set your current new user to be the Site admin user.

   You will need access to the database, look in wp_sitemeta for a line with a meta_key of site_admins. It will currently look like:

   a:1:{i:0;s:5:"admin";}

   You need to change the admin to be your new users name, and the s:5 to be the length of your new user. E.G.

   a:1:{i:0;s:9:"spacetest";}

   spacetest is nine characters long so I've changed s:5 - s:9

   When you next login your new user will be the site admin user, and you can access the plugins menu.

7. RocketPopScott
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Cafespain, you are AWESOME. Thanks for the advice, worked PERFECTLY. I knew there must be a way...

   Thanks again.

8. andrea_r
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Good to know - i haven't had a chance to try it, just knew that people had issues.

9. omgitsrfb
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   worked for me as well, thanks

10. ideas4islam
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    i did the same but tel now i cant find the admin bar :(

    Set your current new user to be the Site admin user.

    You will need access to the database, look in wp_sitemeta for a line with a meta_key of site_admins. It will currently look like:

    a:1:{i:0;s:5:"admin";}

    You need to change the admin to be your new users name, and the s:5 to be the length of your new user. E.G.

    a:1:{i:0;s:9:"spacetest";}

    spacetest is nine characters long so I've changed s:5 - s:9

    When you next login your new user will be the site admin user, and you can access the plugins menu.

11. Burv
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Yeah, I get the same thing. I also tried (before making the change in SQL):

    1. changing the admin_user_id in the sitemeta table to my new ID
    2. Making the 'admin' user a subscriber

    However, I cannot delete the admin user, as I get an error message, and the Site Admin menu disappears when I run the SQL to replace the value in sitemeta.

    Thoughts, anyone?

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