WordPress MU

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

You have to leave the admin user there.

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?

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.

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...

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.

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

Thanks again.

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

worked for me as well, thanks

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.

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?