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Permissions error on Options screens

  • Hello there! I went to work on the admin screens for a client’s project today and ran into a permissions error when attempting to access a custom Options page:

    “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”

    Two things have happened since it was last working:

    – We moved the site and database over to a new server
    – I’ve upgraded up several versions of ACF (I don’t recall exact versions but can probably figure it out)

    I went to the groups interface and attempted to re-assign the group to the particular panel causing the error. No success. Re-assigning worked for other groups to their respective panels.

    What I noticed is that the permalink structure for the panel’s changed.

    Previously, the URL was:

    /wp-admin/admin.php?page=acf-options-nearby-properties

    Now it is:

    /wp-admin/admin.php?page=acf-options-NearbyProperties

    I presume that change may be related to the issue.

    Any ideas? Let me know if you’d like admin access to the installation in question.

  • Hi @Jonathan Wold

    What code are you using to register the options page?

    Thanks
    E

  • In the above example we’re using:

    acf_add_options_sub_page('Nearby Properties');

    I have that within a plugin class that triggers on init.

  • Hi @sirjonathan

    It’s possible that running the code on init is causing the issue and it may need to run before hand.

    I’ll add this to the to-do and let you know what I find

    Thanks
    E

  • Thanks for the follow-up, Elliot!

    Would that explain why some options screens setup with that method work and some don’t? (I probably have more than 10 setup) There didn’t seem to be a clear explanation.

  • Hi @Jonathan Wold

    Perhaps you can post the code for registering all pages, and list which ones work and which don’t.

    Thanks
    E

  • It appears that there may be a bug in the sanitization process. Upon closer inspection the only pages having issues were those with a space in the title.

    I fixed it by declaring a slug:

    acf_add_options_sub_page(array(
        'title' => 'Nearby Properties',
        'slug' => 'nearby-properties',
    ));
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